Creating missing middle housing is a solution to the housing shortage, yet in most places, it is illegal because zoning won’t allow it. So, in essence, missing middle housing is a great solution, yet it remains missing. According to the National Association of Home Builders, missing middle housing includes townhouses, duplexes and various multi-family properties. This medium-density sector has been decreasing[...]
The missing middle continues to be a hot topic as it pertains to housing, but the missing middle also applies to commercial spaces. Principals of Track West Partners Matt Widmaier and Brett Merrill join Co-Hosts Carol Morgan and Todd Schnick on this week’s All About Real Estate segment of Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio to discuss their firm and latest[...]
Housing types to address unmet affordable housing demand In the latest update from MarketNsight, Principal John Hunt examined the Missing Middle and the need for affordable housing. Many major cities, such as Atlanta, struggle to provide multi-unit affordable housing solutions due to limited zoning that restricts density in high-demand locales. Within the housing industry, the Missing Middle is recognized as multi-unit housing[...]
Mark your calendars for June 13, 2019, for MarketNsight's next MarketWatch Atlanta event! Over the last several years, MarketNsight has predicted housing starts both regionally and nationally within 1% of the actual. Dr. Rajeev Dhawan from Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center will be joining us again. At our December 2018 MarketWatch Atlanta, Dr. Dhawan predicted the Fed would hike rates in[...]