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- v. present participle of overbuild.
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“The biggest problem with this overbuilding is that developers are all targeting the deep-pocketed "luxury" market and there are fewer in this demographic willing to pay what developers think they deserve.”
“Forbes indicated that "overbuilding" was Arizona's problem.”
“… It simply stopped, and a lending discipline went in place that has prevented us from the same kind of overbuilding and has, I think, kept this market, on a relative basis, pretty healthy.”
“Most sectors also haven't suffered from the kind of overbuilding that pulverized commercial property in the early 1990s.”
The Wall Street Journal: REITs Look Built to Withstand Hard '08
“Westport were ever filled to overflowing with merchandise, being inclined rather to assign their vast size to that tendency towards overbuilding which is a permanent characteristic of a generous and hopeful people.”
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
“In the end, however, GAO thought both agencies did a decent job of evaluating these first phase applications-in particular ciphering the claims of existing broadband providers who charged that funding a new entity would result in the "overbuilding" of broadband infrastructure in their service region.”
“The problems we are having in the economy have to do with a lot of different parts," added Bloomberg, saying that "overbuilding" in the housing market and other economic activities that in no way fell under the S. E.C.'s jurisdiction had a good deal to do with the current crisis.”
“And worse may be ahead, due to overbuilding in recent years.”
The Wall Street Journal: HSBC Fund: China Market May Rebound This Quarter
“The problem isn't just overbuilding and an epidemic of empty rooms.”
“The U.K., like the U.S., had enormous overbuilding of residential housing as a result of its housing bubble.”
The Huffington Post: Dean Baker: The U.K. Swallows Austerity So We Don't Have To
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