This shortage of developable land where most people want to buy and rent is good news for investors, as it should ensure high capital gains and rental yields in the years ahead.I hope this helps.

No shortage of people with Section 8/SMHA vouchers. 

My conclusion: the inventory shortage is chronic - a huge wave driven by demographic demand and no real relief on the supply side.

Housing Shortage TrackerI've been impressed with the free data provided by the NAR (National Association of Realtors) This one stat in particular is super interesting, and measures how many new single-family permits are issued for every new job.

This investor somehow thought there was a shortage of S8 housing! 

If you live in Lake Tahoe, Jackson Hole, or Sevierville, that's a different story, but short term rentals and empty second homes accounting for a housing shortage is simply not backed up by the data.

If there was a huge housing shortage and all this demand, then they'd have been leased.If you're so against 'unlicensed unregulated hotels' why did you opt to stay in one vs. one of the other hotels in the area?  

I think that BP is a great place for you to be because from my experience there is no shortage of folks willing to help on this site.

I know that this is no different, depending on the disctricts or the class of the neighbourhoods, however, when the total population of a region with around 300x100 miles is around 440K people, its hard to understand these variations.Also, because the place is small, we have investors and buyers coming from everywhere to buy everywhere, but with the huge differences in income between the people living in the big cities (Lisbon, Porto) and the rest of the population, its EXTREMELY hard to find deals.Also, i think this happened worldwide, construction prices spiked and, being small and not having that much competition, it makes it very hard to get competitive quotes... so even being small, there's a shortage of homes...Home owning is very encouraged here in Portugal, rentals are not that popular.

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