overbuilding
Too much development
Overbuilding is constructing more than demand warrants—too many houses, offices, or retail spaces for the market to absorb.
The term appears in real estate and urban planning: Overbuilding in the 1980s led to a glut of empty strip malls.
It can also mean building something too large or elaborate for its purpose: The bridge was criticized as overbuilding for such light traffic.
Excessive surplus
- excess capacityUnused productive capability
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- oversaturationExceeding absorption limits
- overproductionExcessive manufacture beyond need
vacancy rate · excess · overage · superfluity · redundancy · saturation · flood · inundation
Residential areas outside cities
- exurbiaResidential zone past suburbs
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
- expansionIncrease in scope
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
low-density · strip mall · commuter · traffic · congestion · infrastructure · urbanization · environmental impact
Unsustainable property price surge
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- collapseSudden structural failure
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- crashSudden violent impact
devaluation · depreciation · bankruptcy · default · subprime · bailout · underwater · financial loss
Progress toward maturity
- commercial propertyBuildings for business use
- construction boomSurge in building projects
- developerOne who builds things
- rental marketHousing available for lease
zoning · land use · property values · greenfield · mixed-use · speculation · investment risk · condo
glut
Excessive surplus
- excess capacityUnused productive capability
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- oversaturationExceeding absorption limits
overproduction · vacancy rate · excess · overage · superfluity · redundancy · saturation · flood · inundation · surfeit
suburbia
Residential areas outside cities
- exurbiaResidential zone past suburbs
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
- expansionIncrease in scope
decentralization · low-density · strip mall · commuter · traffic · congestion · infrastructure · urbanization · environmental impact · greenfield
housing bubble
Unsustainable property price surge
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- collapseSudden structural failure
- recessionProlonged economic decline
crash · devaluation · depreciation · bankruptcy · default · subprime · bailout · underwater · financial loss · downturn
development
Progress toward maturity
- commercial propertyBuildings for business use
- construction boomSurge in building projects
- developerOne who builds things
rental market · zoning · land use · property values · greenfield · mixed-use · speculation · investment risk · condo · apartment complex
- urban sprawlsprawl, suburbanization, suburbs, subdivisions, tract housing
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, property, sale
- overloadoverload, overwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out
- property boundariesboundary, boundary lines, boundary line, property line, lot line
- economic follyspeculation, bubble, mania, bust, crash
- waste typesfood waste, pollution, landfills, electronic waste, e-waste
overbuildingunderdevelopment
Inadequate economic or social progress
overbuildingunderdevelopment
Inadequate economic or social progress
preservation · conservation · restraint · land conservation · sustainable development
overbuildingunderdevelopment
Inadequate economic or social progress
housing shortage · underinvestment · disinvestment · urban decay · blight
build, building, builder, rebuild, rebuilding, rebuilds, outbuilding, overbuild, overbuilt