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
Housing Markets & Conditions Housing Could Help Lead the Post-COVID Economic Recovery Thursday, May 28, 2020 The US is clearly entering a recession and the only question is how bad it will be. US gross... By DANIEL MCCUE
Housing Markets & Conditions The New Proposed Capital Rule for Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae: Ten Quick Reactions Friday, May 22, 2020 On Wednesday, May 20 the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of Freddie Mac and... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions COVID-19 Will Delay Housing Construction, but for How Long? Thursday, May 7, 2020 COVID-19 will have many effects on housing markets in the coming weeks and years. One of the near... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Housing Markets & Conditions Past Recessions Might Offer Lessons on the Impact of COVID-19 on Housing Markets Monday, April 27, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down large swaths of the nation’s economy, affecting the day-to-day... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 4: Seven Reports from the Battlefield Tuesday, April 21, 2020 We are in the midst of a war between the government, companies, and not-for-profit organizations... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 3: Q&A on the Ugly Fight over Servicer Advances Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4/16/20 – This version of the blog has been updated to reflect that there are policy requirements in... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 2: Extraordinary Support and Necessary Consequences Friday, April 3, 2020 As I wrote last week, in America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to Watch Thursday, March 26, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic, as this is being written, is still on the upswing in the number of... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The Freddie Mac G-Fee Discount: Update Monday, February 24, 2020 Last fall, I wrote a blog post entitled “ The Freddie Mac G-Fee Discount: Has the Single Security... By DON LAYTON