Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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July 12, 1999
The residential remodeling industry now rivals home building in size, generating expenditures of about $150 billion a year and accounting for about 2% of gross domestic…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 10, 1999
Housing had another record-setting year in 1998. Home sales reached new peaks, housing starts topped 1.6 million units, and the value of residential construction hit an…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 10, 1998
Now in its eighth year of sustained growth, the U.S. economy has brought unprecedented strength to housing production and sales. Spurred by strong employment growth, low…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 5, 1997
As the end of 1997 approaches, sweeping public polity initiatives are joining with long-term demographic, income, and mobility trends to fundamentally alter the state of the…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 12, 1988
America is increasingly becoming a nation of housing haves and havenots. While the majority of American homeowners are well housed and have significant equity in their homes…
