Rural Areas Saw Disproportionate Home Price Growth During the Pandemic Thursday, May 16, 2024 Home prices rose at an unprecedented pace after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of record-low interest rates, the continued aging of millennials into prime homebuying years, and a... By PEYTON WHITNEY, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Affordability What Has Zoning Reform Accomplished in Cambridge, Massachusetts? Monday, February 26, 2024 Our latest America’s Rental Housing report highlighted the first-of-its-kind 100 Percent Affordable... By MAGDA MAAOUI
Rental Housing Rents Are Cooling, but Not Everywhere Tuesday, February 20, 2024 In our recently released report, America’s Rental Housing 2024, we noted that rental markets are... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, SOPHIA WEDEEN
Affordability Record Homelessness Amid Ongoing Affordability Crisis Monday, February 12, 2024 Homelessness spiked 12 percent (71,000 people) in 2023, with more than 650,000 people unhoused, the... By RIORDAN FROST
Housing Markets & Conditions How Definitions Shape the Rural Housing Landscape Wednesday, February 7, 2024 In the United States, rural areas face significant and unique economic and housing challenges. While... By ALEXANDER HERMANN, WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Housing Markets & Conditions Estimating the National Housing Shortfall Monday, January 29, 2024 With home prices and rents hovering near record highs, and for-sale inventories and vacancies stuck... By DANIEL MCCUE, SOPHIE HUANG
Rental Housing Six Takeaways from America’s Rental Housing 2024 Thursday, January 25, 2024 Our new report America’s Rental Housing 2024 examines the state of rental housing in the US... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, SOPHIA WEDEEN
Homeownership Five Barriers to Greater Use of Manufactured Housing for Entry-Level Homeownership Tuesday, January 23, 2024 The sharp rise in home prices and interest rates over the last few years has pushed homeownership... By CHRIS HERBERT
Affordability Home Price-to-Income Ratio Reaches Record High Monday, January 22, 2024 In 2022, the median sale price for a single-family home in the US was 5.6 times higher than the... By ALEXANDER HERMANN, PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability More Than 42 Million US Households Were Cost Burdened in 2022 Friday, January 19, 2024 The number of cost-burdened households in the US rose dramatically during the pandemic and in 2022... By PEYTON WHITNEY