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
Remodeling Despite a Pandemic Remodeling Boom, Aging US Homes Require Additional Investment Thursday, March 23, 2023 The pandemic focused attention on our homes as never before, lifting the US remodeling market to an... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Homeownership How Much Could Downpayment Assistance Help Close Homeownership Rate Gaps for Black and Hispanic Households? Wednesday, March 22, 2023 The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean... By DANIEL MCCUE, CHRIS HERBERT
Demographics & Projections Moving During the Pandemic: Mass Exodus or Mass Inertia? Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Despite an early surge in moves when the COVID-19 pandemic began, a shrinking share of Americans... By RIORDAN FROST
Remodeling How Do We Encourage Greater Flood Insurance in America? Friday, March 10, 2023 The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has faced numerous hurdles since its creation in 1968... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Rental Housing Rental Markets One Year After Our America’s Rental Housing Report Thursday, March 9, 2023 Last year when we released America’s Rental Housing 2022, the rental market was rebounding rapidly... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Housing Markets & Conditions How Is Digitalization Transforming How People Find and Finance Housing? Wednesday, March 1, 2023 As the rise of companies like Zillow and Rocket Mortgage illustrate, big data and data analytics... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability The State of US Housing: A Roller Coaster Ride Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Last week I was invited to testify by the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee in... By CHRIS HERBERT
Homeownership In Nearly Every State, People of Color Are Less Likely to Own Homes Compared to White Households Wednesday, February 8, 2023 In every state across the US, Black, Hispanic, and Native American households have lower... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Rental Housing Number of Renters Burdened by Housing Costs Reached a Record High in 2021 Wednesday, February 1, 2023 In 2021, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of renters were cost-burdened... By PEYTON WHITNEY