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
Homeownership Tenure Transitions Are More Common Than We Think Wednesday, October 3, 2018 Commonly-used measures of the homeownership rate generally describe aggregate trends consistent with... By KRISTIN PERKINS
Affordability Is There a Better Way to Measure Housing Affordability? Wednesday, September 26, 2018 When the Joint Center for Housing Studies estimates the extent of housing affordability problems, we... By CHRIS HERBERT, DANIEL MCCUE
Remodeling How Much Will Homeowners Spend to Rebuild & Repair After Hurricane Florence? Monday, September 24, 2018 Hurricane Florence was yet another reminder that natural disasters can inflict significant damage to... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Affordability Older Adults Increasingly Face Housing Affordability Challenges Friday, September 21, 2018 Due to both population growth and soaring housing costs, the number of adults age 65 and over... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY, WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Demographics & Projections Not just the Sunbelt: Millennials and Baby Boomers Increasingly Head West Tuesday, September 18, 2018 When Americans decide to pick up and move, over the past fifty years they most commonly have left... By RIORDAN FROST
Affordability Price-to-Income Ratios are Nearing Historic Highs Thursday, September 13, 2018 The typical sale price of an existing single-family home in 2017 was 4.2 times greater than the... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Remodeling Major Metro Remodeling Markets Projected to Heat Up Across the U.S. Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Annual growth in home improvement spending is expected to be widespread across the country’s largest... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Remodeling New Research Brief Examines Volatility in Metro-Area Remodeling Cycles Tuesday, August 21, 2018 The first release in our new Improving America’s Housing research brief series, Investigating Metro... By ABBE WILL
Aging Are More Older Adults Sharing Housing? Monday, August 20, 2018 In the past several years, “home sharing” among older adults has garnered increased attention, with... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY