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Boston real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 day ago

New home sales stumble in April, as affordability pressures mount

Higher mortgage rates and gas prices are slowing new home sales, increasing new-home supply, and shifting builders away from entry-level pricing to protect margins.
fromwww.housingwire.com
5 months ago

Homebuilder buydowns bolster access, not higher home prices

A recent American Enterprise Institute analysis ignited a spark. A Wall Street Journal piece that followed on the heels of the AEI report fanned the flames into a scandalous narrative: Permanent mortgage buydowns particularly those enabled by bulk forward commitments from large, mostly public, homebuilders act as a quiet force that inflates home prices and puts buyers at risk. But the assumption underlying that framing makes it worth a time-out to ask a few questions.
Real estate
Real estate
fromSlowboring
9 months ago

A week in housing

State and private actions use mandates, subsidy programs, incentives, and investor backing to stimulate housing production amid local pushback and weak builder confidence.
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