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
Housing Markets & Conditions Herbert Hoover’s Department of Commerce and the Origins of US Housing Data Wednesday, October 11, 2023 In the years immediately following the First World War, economists in industry, government, and... By THOMAS SHAY HILL
Housing Markets & Conditions Home Prices and Interest Rates Still Rising, Shutting Out More Potential Homebuyers Thursday, September 28, 2023 Piling on top of steep jumps over the past year, both mortgage interest rates and home prices rose... By DANIEL MCCUE
Housing Markets & Conditions With Existing Inventories Historically Low, Homebuyers Turn to the New Home Market Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Despite the cooling housing market, inventories of existing homes for sale have barely budged from... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions Can Digitalization Improve How We Plan, Review, and Regulate Housing? Thursday, September 7, 2023 Digitalization, which has already changed how housing is produced, sold, financed, and used, could... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Demographics & Projections Local Population Growth Dependent on Migration and Immigration in 2022 Friday, September 1, 2023 The national population growth rate fell dramatically during the pandemic and despite some recovery... By RIORDAN FROST
Affordability What Can We Learn from the Dutch Social Housing System? Thursday, August 17, 2023 Because housing affordability has proven to be an ongoing challenge in the United States, there is... By HANNEKE VAN DEURSEN
Neighborhood Change Understanding the Work of Community-Based Organizations in Historically Black Communities Thursday, August 3, 2023 Community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve neighborhoods uniquely affected by the nation’s long... By TAYLOR JONES
Remodeling Greater Assistance Needed to Combat the Persistence of Substandard Housing Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Earlier this month, Berks County, Pennsylvania was among the first jurisdictions in the state to... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Housing Markets & Conditions Housing Markets Leaving Lowest Income Households Behind Thursday, July 27, 2023 Our 2023 State of the Nation’s Housing report shows that while the growth in home prices and rents... By DANIEL MCCUE
