This will be the best year for economic growth since 1984, but the overview is not completely rosy, says National Association of Home Builders economist Robert Dietz in a recent podcast.

For starters, the next year-and-a-half will be a good run for the housing market, but don't over purchase land as we get closer to 2023, he warns.

Also right now, the nation has 340,000 workers in construction and as overall unemployment goes below 5% it will be increasingly difficult to get more workers into the space, Dietz notes. 

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