Conversely, we see little risk that increasing the demand for housing will touch off another housing bubble.
It appears that this is pushing up the demand for housing, and should soon push up prices too.
Much of the rise in housing prices was the result of public policies that increased the demand for housing.
It also made it easier to exclude capital gains from rental property, further pushing up the demand for housing.
Over the past decade, we saw the demand for housing push middle-class families toward destinations as varied as Las Vegas and Phoenix, Austin, Houston, Dallas and Atlanta.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and low interest rates -- along with the regulatory push for more low-income homeowners -- dramatically increased the demand for housing.
Once prices do drop a little more, the demand for housing will start to catch up with supply, and maybe that will bring a more normal housing market next year.
Given the fundamental factors in place that should support the demand for housing, we believe the effect of the troubles in the subprime sector on the broader housing market will likely be limited.
The virtual shutdown of the subprime mortgage market and a widening of spreads on jumbo mortgage loans have further reduced the demand for housing, while foreclosures are adding to the already-elevated inventory of unsold homes.
Mr Boles caused controversy last month when in his first interview since becoming the minister for planning, he said that green field sites would have to be built on if Britain was going to meet the demand for housing.
Even if the demand for housing falls no further, weakness in residential construction is likely to remain a drag on economic growth for a time as homebuilders try to reduce their inventories of unsold homes to more normal levels.
The higher demand for housing pushes home prices up despite the higher mortgage rates.
The ongoing tightening of lending standards, although an appropriate market response, will reduce somewhat the effective demand for housing, and foreclosed properties will add to the inventories of unsold homes.
The massive demand for housing there provides a good opportunity to rectify that deficiency.
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Councillor Marianne Brighton of the Conservative-led council said the demand for social housing is rising.
The increased demand for housing arising from lower mortgage rates would provide a floor on further house price declines.
The colonias were built to meet the demand for cheap housing, with little concern for structural integrity or standards of living.
The massive demand for housing around India's cities and pervasive corruption often result in builders adding unauthorized floors or putting up illegal buildings.
The underlying demand for housing remains very strong due to a number of factors, including urbanization, rising incomes, high saving rates and the attractiveness of property as an investment in China.
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In a statement it said the demand for social housing was greater than supply in Cornwall, adding that there was also a particular shortage of homes for larger families in the area.
The government had hoped to set rents for some tenants just below the open market rate but the change meant the trusts, which meet a fifth of the demand for social housing in Jersey, will be able to charge less if they want to.
If the person who is being evicted can afford housing someplace else you are not changing the supply and demand for housing.
Persimmon Homes regional land director Andrew Crompton said it would meet the demand for more family housing in the city.
But he said it would go some way to meeting the huge unmet demand for social housing as the number on housing waiting lists approaches five million.
Rents should begin to decelerate as the demand for owner-occupied housing stabilizes and the supply of rental units increases.
Yet strict density limits are preventing real estate developers from meeting the market demand for more housing and office space.
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Homex impressed him because the demand for low cost housing in Mexico is virtually unlimited: there is a four million unit housing shortage.
During a statement on 17 January 2012, the minister said the bill would tackle the increasing demand for affordable housing and would make a "real difference to people's lives".
The baby-boom generation (generally, those born from 1946 to 1964) may be aging but they still outnumber all other age groups in the US, and they represent a lucrative new source of demand for the housing market.
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