Carsey Researcher Kenneth Johnson

Monday, December 14, 2020
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Purchases of New Hampshire homes and condos are up by $1 billion since March when compared with the same period a year ago. A lack of new construction and a migration of people into the state exacerbates the imbalance between the supply of available housing and the increasing demand. According to Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, between 2015 and 2019, an average of 8,300 more people a year moved into New Hampshire than left the state.

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