Archive - Erdmann Housing Tracker

National Housing Crisis Task Force

I would like to direct your attention to a new advocacy group.

11 hrs ago •

JPow!, of course, keeps winning.

Nov 1 •

October 2024

Chat GPT gets Erdmann-pilled

Earlier AI versions have had a hard time putting together a summary of my views.

Oct 27 •

September 2024 Residential Sales

Some tentative subtly bullish trends this month.

Oct 25 •

Rough Estimate of the Cost of the Housing Shortage

The mortgage crackdown in 2008 was the most damaging political development against American housing abundance and real income growth.

Oct 24 •

September 2024 Residential Construction

And Random Thoughts on our favorite homebuilder

Oct 21 •

College towns and agglomeration value

Scott Sumner had a post about politics in Wisconsin, and I’m going to focus on a minor implication he made in the post.

Oct 18 •

October 2024 Links

Adam Ozimek and John Lettieri at the Economic Innovation Group have an interesting post up today, “How the next president can solve America’s housing…

Oct 16 •

September 2024 Erdmann Housing Tracker Update, with inflation notes

The boring housing recovery, and the JPow!

Oct 14 •

How big will the building boom be?

Here is a very simple model for thinking about housing production.

Oct 12 •

OK. One more Moral Panic post

Just a quick correction.

Oct 8 •

Last Follow-Up to the Moral Panic... posts

I should have done this a long time ago.

Oct 6 •

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