Articles
and Op-eds
"As I See It... Housing: Uncle Sam to the Rescue?" Nicolas P. Retsinas. Sitelines. May/June 2009.
Podcast: HousingPolicy.org's monthly Out Loud featuring Nicolas P. Retsinas (May 2009)
"Making credit good again." Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky. Los Angeles Times. March 17, 2009
"Credit is Not the Bogey." Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky. HBS Working Knowledge. March 4, 2009.
"Seeking Solutions to America's Housing Crisis." Doug Gavel. Harvard Kennedy School. February 26, 2009.
"The house: From investment to home." Nicolas P. Retsinas. Honolulu Advertiser. February 9, 2009.
"Definitional Shifts in a Place Called Home." Nicolas P. Retsinas. Urban Land. November/December 2008.
"The end of the 'any breathing borrower' era." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Boston Globe. October 8, 2008
"Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel: Q&A with Jay Light, Robert C. Merton, David Moss, Nicolas Retsinas, Clayton Rose." Martha Lagace. HBS Working Knowledge. September 29, 2008.
"Renters deserve a better shake." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Boston Globe. August 13, 2008.
"Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism:
Lessons from the Subprime Mortgage Fiasco." Nicolas P. Retsinas. HBS Alumni Bulletin. June 2008.
"Revisiting the Vocabulary of Housing: A Place to Live." Nicolas P. Retsinas. National Mortgage News.
"Comment: What was lost when home values soared." Nicolas P. Retsinas. Reuters.com, February 19, 2008.
"A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?" Nicolas P. Retsinas. Working Knowledge. Harvard Business School. January 23, 2008.
"How foreclosures may strain the rental market." An interview with Nicolas P. Retsinas by Joshua Sandoval, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer. Los Angeles Times. November 4, 2007.
"The crumbling of the sub-prime empire." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Providence Journal. October 30, 2007.
"Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure." Nicolas P. Retsinas. Working Knowledge. Harvard Business School. September 12, 2007.
"Habitat for Humanity's Book of Katrina." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Providence Sunday Journal. August 26, 2007.
"The new homeowners." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Boston Globe. July 8, 2007.
"Mega-cities, mega-problems." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Los Angeles Times. February 28, 2007.
"Housing on the wish list." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Boston Globe. December 6, 2006.
"The housing wail." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Providence Sunday Journal. Septeber 24, 2006
"The
endangered land of Renter-World." Nicolas P. Retsinas.
The Boston Globe. May 5, 2006.
"Priced
out of the American dream." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The
Boston Globe. February 27, 2005.
"New,
improved housing." William Apgar. The Boston Globe.
February 27, 2005.
"The
Housing 'Affordability' Problem." Nicolas P. Retsinas.
The Providence Journal. December 8, 2003.
"Don't
Hold Your Breath for Cheaper Housing." Nicolas P. Retsinas.
The Boston Globe. September 15, 2003.
"No,
Prices Will Remain Steady." Eric S. Belsky. The Boston
Globe. July 27, 2003.
"Housing:
What Me Worry?" Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Providence
Journal. January 11, 2003.
"2003
Dunlop Lecture Speaker Announced." Elizabeth England.
Harvard University Gazette. January 23, 2003
"This
Market is Not a Bubble."
Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Los Angeles Times. December 26,
2002.
"The
Hero of Home Ownership in US." Nicolas P. Retsinas. The
Boston Globe. June 23, 2002.
"Urban
renaissance - Don't Pin Hopes on Cappuccino Sippers."
Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Providence Journal. May 25,
2002
"Declare a Truce on Sprawl."
Nicolas P. Retsinas. The Boston Globe. January 1, 2002.
"A
Closer Look at Homeownership." Nicolas P. Retsinas and
Eric S. Belsky. The Boston Globe. June 6, 2001.
"One
Expert's Opinion: Nic Retsinas Says Despite Recent Prosperity,
a Shortage of Affordable Housing Exists." Q&A Produced
by Miranda Daniloff.
Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. February
1, 2001.