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Homebuyers Have More Leverage. So Why Is Buying Still So Hard?
In this episode of the Real Estate Update Podcast, host Paul Centopani speaks with Vivek Sah, Director of the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management at the University of Denver, about why homebuyers may have more negotiating leverage even as buying a home remains increasingly difficult. Vivek explains how higher mortgage rates, rising labor and material costs, land prices, property taxes, insurance, and other expenses have contributed to today’s housing affordability challenges.The conversation also looks at the mismatch between the homes many buyers can afford and the homes…
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