Housing Supply + Affordability

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A real estate agent shows prospective homebuyers around a home
Compared with the $64,160 annual salary needed to afford the typical rental, homebuyers must earn $116,633 for the median priced home
April 11, 2025
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A row of brick townhomes
Dec. 26, 2024
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A row of townhomes sit under construction
Oct. 21, 2024
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Builders can play a role in housing affordability outside of the political arena by taking initiative on a more personal scale.
Aug. 13, 2024
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NAHB’s housing plan provides a blueprint for local, state, and federal officials to work in tandem with the private sector to address the impediments preventing builders from boosting housing production.
June 13, 2024
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Aug. 23, 2023
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July 11, 2023
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A lot of people feel the housing market will be OK because we’ve been undersupplying the market for so long. It's true we’ve undersupplied the market, but that view misses one key point: Look at all of the completed spec homes that don’t have a buyer. If it was just as simple as market undersupply, why aren’t these finished homes sold? The reason: affordability.
March 13, 2023
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June 8, 2022

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