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My brother just moved away from Denver and made a windfall on his property on the way out. Part of what is driving the market in Colorado is the same as in California. Environmental activists are against new housing developments at all costs. There is plenty of land in the Colorado Springs area for building homes. But doing so requires litigation and makes building expensive and time consuming. Upper-middle class residents join in opposing these new developments because it drives up their own home values. Once again, good intentions disproportionately hurt the poor and middle class.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/whos-to-blame-for-high-housing-costs-its-more-complicated-than-you-think/
https://www.brookings.edu/research/whos-to-blame-for-high-housing-costs-its-more-complicated-than-you-think/
Who’s to blame for high housing costs? It’s more complicated than you think.
The developer is only one piece of the financial food chain that provides capital for new housing development. Jenny Schuetz dives into the housing crisis issue.
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I live near Evergreen and there have been several recent development proposals by landowners to develop their empty lots. The wealthy residents nearby do everything they can to stop the development. All of the recent proposals have been for multifamily units, i.e., apartments, i.e. less than wealthy people. It's messed up how much influence they have over what happens on someone else's property.
Heck yeah! These metrics are important and should be an integral part of your research when looking at multi-family real estate. Good stuff!
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