House price growth during national boom and bust cycles varies greatly across different urban areas in the US. For example, during the housing boom of 2000-2007, real house…
Why do national trends in house prices spread more to some cities than to others? This paper proposes an explanation of house price contagion based on migration spillovers…
This working paper compares rental housing in 12 countries in Europe and North America, using individual records from household surveys. Differences in housing…
The Joint Center’s biennial America’s Rental Housing reports examine the rental housing market in the US and have documented the increasing cost burdens faced by…
The recent Joint Center report, America’s Rental Housing: Evolving Markets and Needs, reiterates the extent of severe cost burdens faced by renters, especially those…
J. Michael Collins, David Crowe, Michael Carliner
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October 5, 2001
Much of homeownership research and policy focuses on financial or information barriers that might frustrate low-income renter households from buying a home. Given existing…