Tight Mortgage Standards Hold Back Bottom End of Housing Market

In what is one of the primary themes running through the current housing market, tight credit standards continue to constrain lower-income buyers from purchasing homes. Compounding the impact of the tight credit standards is the ongoing stagnation in wage growth.

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Over the course of his 30-year career, Michael Anderson has worked in the residential development industry in the Pacific Northwest, Northern California and Southern California. He has acquired residential land in excess of $300M for both land development and homebuilding entities and has overseen the construction of approximately 2500 homes. Currently, in semi-retirement, and based out of Newport Beach, CA, Michael continues to invest in and stay abreast of the land markets.

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