housing stock

noun

: the total number of houses and apartments in an area

There was a decrease in available housing stock last year.

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Recent Examples on the Web

Critics contend buyers and sellers will be hurt Damian Eales, chief executive officer of Realtor.com, said Texas’s growing talent pool, low cost of living and expansion of the housing stock were part of its appeal. —Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025

Maintaining our existing housing stock is vitally important, especially in rural communities where it is often cost prohibitive to develop new housing. —John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025

The report suggests the price drops resulted from fed-up renters leaving the high-cost areas or finding alternatives to new, pricey leases, not an increase in housing stock like in other states. —Steph Solis, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025

In regards to increasing the city’s affordable housing stock, the council last fall opted to create an affordable housing catalog in lieu of an incentives program for developers. —Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025

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