Sentences with phrase «subpar growth since»

Adds Yun, «With roughly 26 million more people in the U.S. 2 compared to the peak year of home sales in 2005 (7.08 million), the pace of existing sales would likely be more robust if not for the economy's subpar growth since the downturn and wage gains that have failed to keep pace with rents and home prices.»

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Indeed, a number of forecasters are now predicting that the expansion, which began in 2009 and has remained subpar ever since, might prove to be far more durable than the typical five - to - six - year growth cycle, in part because of the absence of the traditional boom, then bust pattern.