Can rising interest rates boost the housing inventory?

Low interest rates help to explain the rising the number of vacant homes and the steady fall in the housing inventory in recent years. Rebuilding the inventory will take time, but higher interest rates are likely to be an important part of that process by making it less attractive to hold on to empty homes.

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