Friday, December 31, 2021

THE HOUSING CRUNCH IS REAL

HOW WE GOT HERE, HOW WE ADDRESS IT AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT AND WHERE WE CALL HOME

“Housing is very hard to put in place in a number of areas. 

The NIMBY phenomenon has really taken hold in California and many other metro areas.

You think it’s protecting your area, your value — but it’s denying housing to the next generation. 

It makes it increasingly difficult for working people, even middle-income earners to buy any kind of housing,” said Ken Rosen, chairman of real estate market research firm Rosen Consulting.

Rosen said real earnings are a lot higher in secondary cities. 

He said a family may spend 25 percent of its income on housing in a smaller market, but more than 40 percent of it on housing in a major city.

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