Current sources of home improvement data are limited by lack of detailed geographic information. Even surveys with the most comprehensive coverage generate imprecise…
W04-4: Since 1998 the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, through its Remodeling Activity Indicator (RAI), has been releasing quarterly estimates of…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies has been working with the Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research on a study investigating the changes that are occurring or will…
Household’s net-worth increase at the end of the 1990’s had an effect on home remodeling financing. Using the 2001 Consumer Practices Survey (CoPS) this paper analyzes the…
This paper is divided in two sections. The first part describes the two-step allocation process, including the MLP model estimation for missing doers and the description of…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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September 8, 2003
Home improvement has become the great national pastime. Whether remodeling a kitchen, adding a family room, installing replacement windows, or simply changing a light fixture…
Home improvement projects have a significant impact on the housing stock, affecting housing values and improving the standard of living. Also, the home improvement industry…
This paper is the first to give a detailed account of the variation of behavior across a large set of U.S. locations. Aside from a few articles that use simple variables to…
W01-8: Each year the federal government spends approximately $6 billion to rehabilitate the housing stock, which leverages a similar amount of spending from the private…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 5, 2001
Every year, about 26 million owners make improvements to their homes. These projects may be as simple as replacing a faucet or as complex as adding a master bedroom suite.…
