Entries from Dan Melson's Website tagged with 'housing supply'

New Consumer Article: The Measurement Unit For Desirability Is Dollars

The new consumer article for today is The Measurement Unit For Desirability Is Dollars. It really is that simple. A good agent can make a difference, but a property that has more will cost more. It isn't rocket science, but...

Who Does Creating Artificial Barriers to Growth Hurt?

For at least the last thirty years, I've been hearing "affordable housing" advocates yammer about the high cost of housing, and how working families can no longer afford "decent" housing, which they apparently consider to be the three or...

The History of Suburban Housing

For at least the last thirty years, I've been hearing "affordable housing" advocates yammer about the high cost of housing, and how working families can no longer afford "decent" housing, which they apparently consider to be the three or...

The Economics of Housing Development

HT to Unrepentant Individual, who also has some good information on what it means. The genesis of all of this is Something's Gotta Give, a report (.pdf format) from the Center For Housing Policy. Furthermore, there is an article in...

San Diego Real Estate Market Prognosis August 2007

The buyer's market is rapidly aging. Properties that are priced correctly are moving, and moving well. On properties with potential for profit, they're moving fast, and sometimes getting multiple offers. Of the last twelve properties clients of mine were seriously...

Housing Bubble

(This was originally written in July 2005, but still has a lot of relevance) On someone's website: "Besides once in California, which completely recovered in a short period of time, by the way, can someone please show me an example...

Considering Condos, Townhomes, and PUDs

The vast majority of the population out there wants single family detached housing. The virtues and benefits of the single family residence have been extolled ad nauseum, and the drawbacks of the alternatives are the stuff of urban legend. Unfortunately,...

Gravity Is Not a Major Determinant Of Housing Prices

I just saw a rather clever video someone did called, "That Last Dip's a Doozy!" Someone took housing prices 1890 to present and graphed them to a roller coaster ride. Just before the end, he turned the track around so...