Unease in the Housing Market Amid a Worsening Affordability Crisis Tuesday, June 24, 2025 This year, the US housing market is shrouded in uncertainty. High home prices and interest rates have pushed sales to their lowest level in 30 years; insurance premiums and property taxes are on the... By CHRIS HERBERT
Homeownership In Nearly Every State, People of Color Are Less Likely to Own Homes Compared to White Households Wednesday, February 8, 2023 In every state across the US, Black, Hispanic, and Native American households have lower... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Homeownership How Can Design Improve Affordable Housing on Tribal Lands? Tuesday, January 10, 2023 In the US, 22 percent of households in tribal areas have severely inadequate housing, are... By SHARON WELCH
Homeownership Supporting Immigrants Can Expand Black Homeownership Opportunities Thursday, January 5, 2023 Efforts to close the historically large Black-white homeownership gap should take account of the... By SHARON CORNELISSEN, DANIEL MCCUE
Homeownership Designing New Programs to Narrow Racial Homeownership Gaps Wednesday, November 30, 2022 In the past two years a growing number of for-profit and non-profit lenders have created special... By SAMANTHA PAGE
Homeownership Homebuying Challenges in a Tight Housing Market: Perspectives from Brockton, Massachusetts Thursday, September 8, 2022 Home prices have risen dramatically over the past two years as growth in the number of households... By MADELINE RANALLI, SHARON CORNELISSEN
Homeownership This Year, Half as Many Black Households Can Afford a Home as Last Year Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Surging home prices and rising mortgage rates that have made it harder for all renters to become... By RAHEEM HANIFA
Homeownership Across the Nation, Rising Prices and Increased Interest Rates Limit Access to Homeownership Wednesday, August 10, 2022 The combined increases in home prices and mortgage interest rates over the past year have made... By DANIEL MCCUE
Homeownership What It Will Take to Sustainably Increase the Homeownership Rate? Wednesday, January 26, 2022 The homeownership rate – currently around 65 percent, a level first reached half a century ago – is... By DON LAYTON
Affordability Designing a Nationwide Downpayment Assistance Program: Lessons from Five International Case Studies Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Downpayment assistance has, of late, received an increasing amount of attention among US... By BENJAMIN WARD
