Staggering increase in U.S. home size! And of the 970,000 single-family homes completed in 2021, 444,000 had four bedrooms or more, and 320,000 had three or more bathrooms.
(The average age increasing) is another effect of a stagnant building industry - there’s no impetus to replace old homes if new ones aren’t substantially better
*Or if substantially better and bigger is illegal!
Staggering increase in U.S. home size! And of the 970,000 single-family homes completed in 2021, 444,000 had four bedrooms or more, and 320,000 had three or more bathrooms.
https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/highlights.html
Also thanks re LVL, I-joists and oriented strand boards, and the DuPont room.
(The average age increasing) is another effect of a stagnant building industry - there’s no impetus to replace old homes if new ones aren’t substantially better
*Or if substantially better and bigger is illegal!
I don't understand how the housing stock chart by decade can do up? If stock is being removed over time, its impossible to go up?