A major theme of the Joint Center’s 2015 State of the Nation’s Housing Report is the record growth in demand for rental units in recent years. From 2010-14, the pace of…
Every two years, the Joint Center releases a report about the national home improvement industry. This year’s report, Emerging Trends in the Remodeling Market, includes…
What makes a home healthy or unhealthy? As Mariel Wolfson illustrated in her recent blog, this question is a multifaceted one. Old hazards persist, including lead paint…
Recently, the Joint Center has been researching what makes a healthy home. As Mariel Wolfson pointed out in her recent blog, indoor air quality has been a major component of…
The older adult population has grown tremendously since the first of the baby boomers (born 1946-64) turned 50 in the mid-1990s. Between 1990 and 2010, the number of people…
The Joint Center’s new State of the Nation’s Housing report summarizes ongoing and emerging trends in U.S. rental markets. Foremost among these is the strength of demand for…
According to data from the Energy Information Administration, American renters use nearly a third more energy per square foot than homeowners. What accounts for this…
In recent years, a sizable inventory of distressed residential properties in the U.S. housing market has begun to drive up spending on home improvements and repairs.…
N13-1: In recent years, the number of distressed residential properties in the U.S. has increased. According to estimates from CoreLogic, distressed home sales,…