housing stock

noun

: the total number of houses and apartments in an area

There was a decrease in available housing stock last year.

Examples of housing stock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Analysts caution that local factors, including flood zone exposure and the metro’s older housing stock, still require careful underwriting regardless of financing structure or rate environment. — Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Institutional investors control between 1% and 2% of the nationwide single-family housing stock, and close to 4% of the rental housing stock, according to the Urban Institute. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 27 July 2026

Home services sits on an aging housing stock, an aging population and a shrinking labor pool, three forces that are not likely to reverse in 2026. — Sergei Kaminskiy, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Much of the country’s housing stock is old, and built for a much cooler climate. — Simmone Shah, Time, 22 July 2026

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