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Multi-family is overbuilt in many markets, including here in Dallas. It’s just not the same market as homes. I was around in 2006. We didn’t have too many hous

Multi-family is overbuilt in many markets, including here in Dallas. It’s just not the same market as homes. I was around in 2006. We didn’t have too many houses then, we had people granted credit on dubious applications, ARMs bundled up as AAA credit. That’s not going to repeat. And if it does, it’ll be nationwide all at once, rather than market-by-market like last time. Certainly if there is a major jobs crash, then people cannot afford their mortgage. But the government doesn’t like this and they’ll step in again like they always do.

01100011 3y ago
> I was around in 2006. We didn’t have too many houses then Yes, I was also around in 2006. That seems irrelevant as there is adequate data available regardless of when you were born. > It’s just not the same market as homes. No, it is, at least when people have to make hard choices. There is no law that says each family gets a SFH to themselves. Sure, they may want that, but when SFH becomes unobtainable people make those hard choices. If you have more homes than you have willing and able buyers, you have too many homes. Family formation can be delayed(i.e. live with relatives longer) or families can choose multifamily. I don't recall a mass epidemic of homelessness after 2008 left homes empty, so it seems to me that we have enough places to live, even if those places are not the dwelling of their dreams. I understand there are statistics that say otherwise, and similar statistics were around in 2006 and proved to be wrong, so I have to question the recent statistics. > That’s not going to repeat. I didn't say that. We may see a 2008 style financial crash driven by commercial real estate, but I doubt even that will happen. What will likely happen is that the folks who think prices only go up will be surprised as the pool of buyers opts out of the SFH market while attrition slowly lowers prices. This process may even snowball in some markets as people "race for the exits" when they realize home prices are losing support.

01100011 3y ago

> I was around in 2006. We didn’t have too many houses then Yes, I was also around in 2006. That seems irrelevant as there is adequate data available regardless of when you were born. > It’s just not the same market as homes. No, it is, at least when people have to make hard choices. There is no law that says each family gets a SFH to themselves. Sure, they may want that, but when SFH becomes unobtainable people make those hard choices. If you have more homes than you have willing and able buyers, you have too many homes. Family formation can be delayed(i.e. live with relatives longer) or families can choose multifamily. I don't recall a mass epidemic of homelessness after 2008 left homes empty, so it seems to me that we have enough places to live, even if those places are not the dwelling of their dreams. I understand there are statistics that say otherwise, and similar statistics were around in 2006 and proved to be wrong, so I have to question the recent statistics. > That’s not going to repeat. I didn't say that. We may see a 2008 style financial crash driven by commercial real estate, but I doubt even that will happen. What will likely happen is that the folks who think prices only go up will be surprised as the pool of buyers opts out of the SFH market while attrition slowly lowers prices. This process may even snowball in some markets as people "race for the exits" when they realize home prices are losing support.