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I guess SFH is in high demand
Condo Boom Turns to Historic Condo Glut in San Francisco
In San Francisco, the erstwhile housing “shortage” and inventory “shortage,” hyped to the nth degree by the industry, has now turned into a historic inventory glut.
What follows is wage inflation and massive foreclosures
What follows is wage inflation and massive foreclosures I think
Where will the wage inflation come from? We would need a really tight job market for that.
The massive money printing will lead to higher prices for stuff we buy from abroad, and also stuff we can peddle abroad. Wages isn't one of those.
The young people who would have been shopping for condos may be more likely to be impacted by layoffs, according to the report. There's also increasing demand outside of the city, with those staying showing a vast preference for single-family homes, which have not seen the same level of declining demand. "Within San Francisco itself, supply and demand conditions have diverged dramatically between house and condo markets, with the latter being far weaker and rapidly climbing into 'buyer's market' territory," according to the report.
https://www.sfgate.com/ontheblock/slideshow/Condo-inventory-spikes-with-price-reductions-206546.php