3.6% Increase in New Construction Properties Despite the Rise in Lumber Prices.

Inventory is so low right now in SWFL, and the entire country, BUT we are still seeing an extremely high demand from buyers! Bidding wars, all-cash offers, and a race to find your dream home faster than the next guy have led to an up-tick in New Construction homes. Which makes sense, if you’re going to spend all this money, you might as well get the house you want, the way you want it, the first time around. If you’re not desperate on time and can wait a few months, new construction might be the way to go.

   See below for stats from the Commerce Department

          Home Construction: Up +3.6%

          Single Family Homes: +4.2%

          Apartments: +4%

          Applications for building permits: Down -3%

          Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate: 1.57 Million Units

          Builder Confidence: 81 (June 2021)

          Lumber Prices: Starting to decrease (mid-2021)

   Building Activity

          May 2021: +3.6%

          April 2021: -12.1%

          March 2021: +19.2%

   Building Activity By Region in 2021 in the USA

          Northeast: -22.4%

          Midwest: +29.9%

          South: +3.8%

          West: +1%

Despite the 2020 nation-wide recession and hardship, the housing market has actually been booming over the past 18 months, especially in new construction. However, economists believe that the new construction wave will begin to slow down. “We expect starts to mostly move sideways over the balance of 2021,” said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead economist for Oxford Economics. “Strong demand, a need for inventory and homebuilder optimism will keep a floor under activity, but builders continue to face supply constraints that may hamper or at least postpone construction.”

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released a report that there was an “underbuilding gap of between 5.5 million and 6.8 million housing units because of decades of under-investment in home construction. Growth in the nation’s housing inventory has slowed significantly since the turn of the century with every region of the country being affected”

Source -- © 2021 Florida Realtors®


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