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Mar 2025
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Housing Market Shift: Inventory Catapult...

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Home prices are falling fast in some prime real estate markets across the country while others remain stubbornly stuck. What’s the defining factor between a stable housing market and one where sellers are actively cutting prices? Housing inventory! This metric defined the 2020 - 2022 run-up in home prices, but the rubber band of demand is snapping back as buyer power grows, housing inventory rises, and investors get even better buying opportunities.

Remember when people said, “I’ll buy when prices drop”? Well, now might be the time.

ResiClub’s Lance Lambert joins us to provide a holistic view of housing inventory, prices, demand, and emerging opportunities. Lance walks through the most up-to-date data on where housing inventory is rising fast, where prices are quickly declining, and which markets are holding on as sellers remain in control.

We’ll also talk about why homebuilding costs are about to JUMP and the reason Warren Buffett sold his homebuilding stocks shortly after buying them. Will construction slow down, limiting new inventory and leading us back into ultra-low supply? If so, this could push home prices higher, creating a prime opportunity for real estate investors.


In This Episode We Cover:

Is spiking inventory a worrying sign for the housing market, or are we merely normalizing?

What to look at in your housing market to forecast whether prices will rise or fall 

Why are homebuilding costs about to JUMP, and could this lead to even more inventory problems?

The new housing trend: Older renters, but could this mean more demand for rentals?

And So Much More!


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