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Housing inventory is down everywhere except in pandemic hotspots. Here’s why.

The COVID-19 pandemic turned previously sleepy cities into boomtowns. Expanded or permanent work-from-home policies gave people more flexibility in where to live, and those in uber-expensive markets like San Francisco and Manhattan took advantage by moving to areas where they could get more space for less money. This created incredibly competitive housing markets in smaller cities…