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overbuilding

A situation that occurs when the rate of construction is faster than the market can absorb new construction.Developers often cannot anticipate the amount of competition until it is too late.The lead time between placing land under contract with a lengthy due diligence period to the first signs of excavation or construction that would alert people of new development can be as long as a year on small projects. The typical market cycle is a period of perceived need for “product”—offices,houses,malls,whatever—and then a seeming explosion of new projects “coming out of the ground”almost simultaneously.By the time developers see the signs of large numbers of competing projects,it is too late to back out of their own plans.As a result,all projects go full steam ahead and hope that something other than price will differentiate them from competitors, allowing the current project to fill up quickly while competitors go begging.This hope is usually misguided,and a price war results.

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While much of the mortgage problem in some states continues to be overbuilding, poor underwriting and incorrect credit pricing, fundamental economic factors are becoming more important," says Brinkmann.

Foreclosures persist by State Legislatures

But Kodsi said he and his partners halted development "by choice" because of overbuilding and stopped payments when the market tanked and they felt the loan cost more than the land.

Kodsi's lux empire imperiled by Apgar, Sally / The Real Deal

I agree that overbuilding is a problem that has to be addressed, however to take the argument to its final conclusion, there would be no building of any type anywhere.

Letter: Wildlife threat is exaggerated by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Outstanding Dividends

Outstanding share capital

Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board

Over-the-Counter Market

Over-the-Counter Option

Over-the-Counter Stock