This one statistic clearly shows the housing market’s post-boom recalibration

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During the Pandemic Housing Boom, housing demand surged rapidly amid ultralow interest rates, stimulus, and the remote work boom. Federal Reserve researchers estimate “new construction would have had to increase by roughly 300% to absorb the pandemic-era surge in demand.”

Unlike housing demand, housing stock isn’t as elastic and can’t quickly ramp up. As a result...