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Dec 10 2020, 8:00AM
“My ability to remember song lyrics from the 80s far exceeds my ability to remember why I walked into the kitchen.” The Baby Boomers are certainly riding the appreciation wave in housing across the nation. (Speaking of waves, did you know that Hawai’i is last among the states in boat registrations?) And given the rising values of a house, is anyone surprised that the fears of forbearance causing a cratering of the United States real estate market were entirely overblown? Owners will do whatever they can not to give up on the appreciation, and appraised values continue to edge higher. Appraisers love easy to appraise, “cookie cutter” houses and buildings, but these aren’t those. 70+ million people aged 24-39, aka Millennials, sure want to own homes or at least have a place to live. And developers are converting more and more hotels and commercial buildings into apartments or condominiums, adding to the rental inventory. And thank you to Len T. who sent along this video, basically computer programmers becoming builders in this city, 3D printing a tiny neighborhood of sustainable homes.