From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. Today’s post, written by NPR Housing and Economics Correspondent Chris Arnold, reflects…
Spending by homeowners on improvement projects is expected to accelerate as the year progresses, according to our latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA). On…
In 1960 almost half of all households were families with children under 18. Since then, the number has fallen to under 30 percent (Figure 1). By definition, the declining…
The rise in housing prices that appears to be taking hold in many parts of the country is an important sign of recovery in the market. Among the many ways the upturn in…
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…
Private sector spending on improvements and repairs to U.S. homes is approximately $300 billion a year. Yet as a new Joint Center working paper shows, each year nonprofit…
Interpreting year-to-year changes in annual surveys from the Census Bureau can be a tricky business, especially around decennial censuses. Because it is the largest and most…
The magnitude of the housing bust that began in the middle of the past decade is well documented, with a 75 percent plunge in housing starts, 45 percent decline in existing…
The Census Bureau recently released its usual extensive Current Population Survey (CPS)-based package of tables on geographic mobility for 2011-12. A new feature of this…
As housing demand has been coming up, the inventory of homes for sale on the market has been going down. This tightening of supply relative to demand is the bedrock of the…
