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
Housing Markets & Conditions What Do Runaway Home Prices Mean for the US? Wednesday, October 6, 2021 On September 28, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae... By DON LAYTON
Homeownership Single-family Zoning: Can History be Reversed? Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Single-family zoning has a target on its back. Long condemned for creating suburban sprawl and... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Rental Housing Findings and Lessons from Two National Surveys of Landlords Wednesday, September 29, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in profound economic hardship for the nation’s renters; the most... By ELIZABETH KNEEBONE, CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions Newly-Proposed Changes to the GSE Capital Rule Will Eliminate Harmful Distortions Tuesday, September 21, 2021 On September 15, the FHFA issued a formal proposal to amend the regulatory minimum capital... By DON LAYTON
Affordability Pandemic Highlights Disparities in High-Speed Internet Service Wednesday, September 8, 2021 One year before the pandemic began, almost one-fifth of households in the United States did not have... By RIORDAN FROST
Housing Markets & Conditions The GSE Stress Test Results: Good News but Troubling Decisions Tuesday, August 31, 2021 On August 13 th the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of the two government... By DON LAYTON
Rental Housing How Has the Pandemic Affected Landlords? Wednesday, August 25, 2021 As has been well documented, the financial consequences of the COVID-19 crisis have been severe... By ELIJAH DE LA CAMPA, VINCENT J. REINA
Homeownership Learning from the History of the Homeownership Rate Thursday, August 19, 2021 Among the thousands of statistics that the government produces to describe the country’s economic... By DON LAYTON
Remodeling As the Remodeling Industry Has Expanded, So Has Contractor Specialization and Scale Tuesday, August 10, 2021 The amount spent by homeowners on improvements to their homes—remodels, replacements, additions... By KERMIT BAKER
