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Construction Costs, AI’s Effect on Mortgage Rates, and Deed Theft
In this episode of the Mortgage Research Network Podcast, host Tim Lucas breaks down three very different forces affecting today’s housing market. First, why has it become so expensive to build new homes? Tim looks at research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NYU’s Furman Center showing how rising material costs, skilled-labor shortages, difficult building sites, financing costs, and regulatory requirements can make adding new housing supply far more complicated than simply finding land and starting construction.
Then, Tim explores an unexpected question: could the enormous…
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