It looks like there is no end in sight for rising homebuilding in the United States. High interest rates, inflated construction material costs and some shaky economic indicators don’t appear to be dampening the demand for new housing.
The situation was put to me this way a year ago by a Realtor helping my son find a home to buy: We have hundreds of thousands of young people looking to purchase their first home in our state, but very few homes available for sale. The implosion of the residential construction industry that happened 15 years ago brought most new construction to














