When it comes to housing as a distinct segment of the economy, the casual observer in the United States cannot help but feel overwhelmed by the dynamics.
People are everywhere on the move.
In regions not connected in this way to the nation's large metropolitan rings, other rural towns are dying off as a consequence of the consolidations in the agricultural sector. Corporate agribusinesses spent little locally. With the disappearance of every family farm, the threat to the communities the farmers support increases. Vacant homes and closed shops on small town main street is the unfortunate result. Everywhere one looks there is a growing percentage of households who cannot afford to achieve homeownership or are being pushed out of existing homes by rising property taxes.