{"id":995,"date":"2026-06-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/?p=995"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:00:00","slug":"us-housing-shortage-needs-more-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/us-housing-shortage-needs-more-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"US Housing Shortage Needs More Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mark-mallorca\/rate-cuts-housing-shortage-remotion-videos\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>The US remains ~4M housing units short, keeping supply the central affordability challenge even as buyers continue absorbing homes in many markets.<br \/>\nEarly-Q2 single-family starts \u21939% to a 930K annualized pace, while building permits \u2193~3% to 872K, signaling slower near-term construction momentum for builders.<br \/>\nA recent mortgage-rate dip did not lift new starts, reinforcing the view that lower borrowing costs need stronger construction volume alongside them.<br \/>\nBuilders have managed tariffs by finding alternative suppliers, but elevated materials, fuel costs, and trade-labor shortages still limit how far costs fall.<br \/>\nSustained improvement depends on builders working through completed inventory, rates easing, and more supply bringing housing costs down together over time for buyers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US remains ~4M housing units short, keeping supply the central affordability challenge even as buyers continue absorbing homes in many markets. Early-Q2 single-family starts \u21939% to a 930K annualized pace, while building permits \u2193~3% to 872K, signaling slower near-term construction momentum for builders. A recent mortgage-rate dip did not lift new starts, reinforcing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}