Slower Growth Projected for Remodeling into Next Year Thursday, July 17, 2025 Annual expenditures for improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes are expected to soften in 2026, according to our latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA). The LIRA projects... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Affordability Inflation Pressures Are Stressing Renter Households Monday, April 17, 2023 More than half the nation’s renters—including two thirds of low-income renters—report that they have... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Practicing Community: Bernheimer Architecture’s Affordable Housing Thursday, April 13, 2023 Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA, founding principal of Bernheimer Architecture (BA), opened this year’s... By CORINNA ANDERSON
Affordability Lower-Income Renters Have Less Residual Income than Ever Before Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Renter household incomes fell in the first two years of the pandemic as rents increased, leaving... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Neighborhood Change The Potential of Place Governance in American Cities Thursday, April 6, 2023 Across the United States, many institutions, private businesses, government agencies, nonprofit... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Housing Markets & Conditions Discrimination in Home Lending and Appraisals: Challenges for Black Homebuyers in Massachusetts Thursday, March 30, 2023 Since 2019 I have conducted research on how rising housing prices in Boston displace long-time... By SHARON CORNELISSEN
Remodeling Despite a Pandemic Remodeling Boom, Aging US Homes Require Additional Investment Thursday, March 23, 2023 The pandemic focused attention on our homes as never before, lifting the US remodeling market to an... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Homeownership How Much Could Downpayment Assistance Help Close Homeownership Rate Gaps for Black and Hispanic Households? Wednesday, March 22, 2023 The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean... By DANIEL MCCUE, CHRIS HERBERT
Demographics & Projections Moving During the Pandemic: Mass Exodus or Mass Inertia? Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Despite an early surge in moves when the COVID-19 pandemic began, a shrinking share of Americans... By RIORDAN FROST
Remodeling How Do We Encourage Greater Flood Insurance in America? Friday, March 10, 2023 The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has faced numerous hurdles since its creation in 1968... By CARLOS MARTÍN
