Is allowing borrowers to suspend mortgage payments an effective way to stabilize the economy during a recession? In a new working paper, Omeed Maghzian and I attempt to…
This paper estimates the impact of household liquidity provision on macroeconomic stabilization using the 2020 CARES Act mortgage forbearance program. We leverage…
Gopal Ahluwalia, Kermit Baker, Kent Colton
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April 19, 2022
The 100 largest home builders in the US now account for about half of all new single-family home sales, up from just over a third two decades ago. However, according to “…
Gopal Ahluwalia, Kermit Baker, Kent Colton
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April 19, 2022
Although still fragmented, the homebuilding industry has undergone changes in recent years that have increased the share of production by larger builders. The top 100…
The backdrop for the HIVE (Housing Innovation Vision Economics) Home Builder Survey was a shortage of housing and a serious housing affordability challenge – some would call…