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Long term, there's uncertainty around how many homes will need replacing due to extreme weather events.

Oxford economics Nancy Vandenhouten also says declining U.S.

birth rates mean immigration policy will also play a role.

There's also short-term uncertainty due to the war with Iran driving up borrowing costs.

The National Association of Home Builders Index on Builder Sentiment is the most pessimistic it's been in seven months.

Stephen Basaha, NPR News.

I mean, if immigrants are going to make up a larger share of the population and there's more uncertainty about how many immigrants we're going to have,

That creates more uncertainty for our forecasts for the amount of needed housing.