High Housing Costs Are Consuming Household Incomes Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Our latest America’s Rental Housing report points to an escalating affordability crisis. In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the rapid increase in rents combined with widespread financial... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Aging Why Does Mortgage Debt Continue to Rise Among Older Homeowners? Tuesday, November 4, 2014 According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, aggregate mortgage debt stood at $8.6 trillion in... By GEORGE MASNICK
Homeownership Who Doesn’t Want to Own a Home? Tuesday, October 28, 2014 In a previous post, I described recent research about drivers of decisions to own homes, with... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Aging How Does Geographic Diversity in Age Structures Impact Housing Market Dynamics? Tuesday, October 21, 2014 As the youngest of the baby boom generation has now turned 50, there is much talk about the overall... By GEORGE MASNICK
Remodeling Home Improvement Spending Continues Toward More Moderate Growth Thursday, October 16, 2014 Reflecting the slow pace of recovery in the overall housing market, the home remodeling industry is... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions LBJ’s Biggest Housing Program that No One Remembers Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Now that we have reached the half-century mark since President Lyndon Johnson began passing... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Affordability The Changing Profile of Student Loan Debt: Who Has It, How Big is Their Burden, and How Much Education Did They Receive? Thursday, October 2, 2014 In recent years, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Consumer Credit Panel (FRBNY CCP), which... By IRENE LEW
Housing Markets & Conditions Wild Frontiers of Healthy Housing Research: Microbes Among Us Sunday, September 21, 2014 Recently, the Joint Center has been researching what makes a healthy home. As Mariel Wolfson pointed... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Affordability New Data Shows a Growing Wealth Divide in the U.S. Thursday, September 11, 2014 Last week, the Federal Reserve released its 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, a triennial survey... By DANIEL MCCUE
Aging INTERACTIVE MAP: The U.S. Population Has Aged Significantly Over the Past Two Decades Wednesday, September 10, 2014 The older adult population has grown tremendously since the first of the baby boomers (born 1946-64)... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE