Lot/construction loans is a highly speculative business, especially as lots of builders are blue-collar guys with minimal assets who can simply close shop in a

Lot/construction loans is a highly speculative business, especially as lots of builders are blue-collar guys with minimal assets who can simply close shop in a recession. Building homes is constrained by the wider economy and interest rates, and they take a while to build, so in all of the umpteen million housing crashes we've had previously, a large % of homes built will hit in the market in the middle of a crash. The history of housing busts dates back hundreds of years and is older than the United States. Banks are not wild to extend lot or construction loans because, until we achieve AI singularity, there's always another bust coming around the corner- and banks know they'll take it on the chin. Especially to the average home builder, who will simply walk away from their loans in a recession, close their company, declare bankruptcy, etc. etc.