Continued Gains Projected for Remodeling Amid Economic Uncertainty Thursday, April 17, 2025 Annual expenditures for improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes are expected to grow modestly through 2026, according to our latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) . The... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Miscellaneous Our 2022 Summer Fellows Will Tackle a Range of Housing-Related Projects and Problems Wednesday, May 18, 2022 With support from our Center, 28 graduate students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions The Policymaking Implications of Record-High Mortgage Origination Profits During the Pandemic Monday, May 2, 2022 On April 11, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the largest of the industry associations in... By DON LAYTON
Demographics & Projections Defining “Use with Caution”: How We’re Navigating New Census Bureau Data Thursday, April 28, 2022 Pandemic disruptions affected the 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) results so significantly that... By DANIEL MCCUE
Remodeling Red Hot Remodeling Growth Expected to Ease into 2023 Thursday, April 21, 2022 Expenditures for improvements and repairs to the owner-occupied housing stock are expected to grow... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions Concentration in Homebuilding Driven by a Few Large Builders Tuesday, April 19, 2022 The 100 largest home builders in the US now account for about half of all new single-family home... By GOPAL AHLUWALIA, KERMIT BAKER, KENT COLTON
Rental Housing Emergency Rental Assistance Has Helped Stabilize Struggling Renters Wednesday, April 6, 2022 More than one in every ten renter households across the country has applied for federally funded... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Rental Housing New Survey Finds Many Renters Are Concerned about the Impact of Home on Health Thursday, March 31, 2022 Fully 43 percent of renter households worry about their home negatively affecting their or another... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions A Modest Suggestion: The Four Government Mortgage Agencies Should Produce a Unified Report on Mission Activities Monday, March 28, 2022 The four government mortgage agencies —Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (known as the two government... By DON LAYTON
Rental Housing Millions of Renters Fall Short of a Comfortable Standard of Living Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Pandemic-related income losses, rising housing costs, and inflation in the cost of basic necessities... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
