Housing shortage and unaffordability shape the coming slowdown, says economist


The economy is headed for a slowdown, but its effect on the housing market won’t be as tumultuous as the downturn that led to the Great Recession, Metrostudy chief economist Mark Boud told a standing room-only audience today at the 2019 Metrostudy Housing Outlook Breakfast. Boud sees overinflated housing prices causing bubbles in some hot markets where affordability is a top issue.



In his recent talk, Metrostudy chief economist Mark Boud points out the economic indicators that will bring about the inevitable correction to the current boom cycle but does not predict a collapse of the housing market as dire as in the years following the 2008 financial crisis. "We predict that we’ll come back to equilibrium by the end of our five-year forecast,” he said.

Added tariffs on imported construction material and slow immigration also contribute to higher construction and labor costs, thus limiting the output of housing units in the lower price ranges furthermore.

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