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However, these arent the only factors affecting the national housing market.

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Housing Supply Shortage

There are more people buying houses than there are available on the market.

At the current pace, closing the housing gap would take an estimated 7.5 years nationwide.

However, they own a greater share of homes in certain markets.

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These challenges increased the cost of new construction and slowed the pace of building.

This made it even harder to meet the growing demand for housing.

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