Adam Speth2023 President, Northern Wasatch Association of Realtors Labor shortages, high financing costs, supply challenges and regulatory issues are holding back the home-building industry both in Utah and across the nation.  In fact, Utah homebuilding permits fell 19.4% in 2022 — one of the highest drops in the country, according to a report from Point2. In Ogden-Layton, the pullback was even greater with permits down 34% — bad news for our already-historic-low housing inventory problem.   Data from the Ivory-Boyer Construction Database shows a similar pattern. Utah residential permits dropped 29% in 2022, and January 2023 residential permits were at the lowest level in the past five years.  After a record year for homebuilding in 2021, the pullback is concerning since …