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 Does Shared Equity Housing Work? Thursday, November 21, 2019 Shared equity housing strategies are drawing increasing interest from people in all corners of the... By ANNA CARLSSON
Homeownership Institutions and Geographic Concentration in VA Mortgage Lending Wednesday, November 6, 2019 The Veteran’s Administration (VA) home loan program, which makes homeownership more affordable for... By KERRY SPITZER, LAUREN LAMBIE-HANSON
Homeownership Sizing the Market for Shared Equity Homeownership Programs Monday, October 21, 2019 Providing between $25,000 and $100,000 per unit in assistance for shared equity homeownership... By KRISTIN PERKINS
Homeownership Homeownership Without the White Picket Fence? Hispanic Homeownership in the US Thursday, October 10, 2019 Hispanics are much less likely to be homeowners than non-Hispanic whites, and in a new working paper... By ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
Homeownership Exploring a Decade of Contract for Deed Sales in the Midwest Thursday, August 29, 2019 Contract for deed home sales, a once-notorious practice that seemingly faded into obscurity in the... By ANN CARPENTER, TAZ GEORGE, LISA NELSON
Homeownership New Paper Shows Substantial Changes in the Profile of First-Time Homebuyers Wednesday, August 21, 2019 First-time homebuyers increasingly include never-married households and newly-formed households... By JONATHAN SPADER
Homeownership Rebounds in Homeownership Have Not Reduced the Gap for Black Homeowners Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Although homeownership rates rose for all racial and ethnic groups in 2016-2018, rates for black... By SEAN VEAL, JONATHAN SPADER
Housing Markets & Conditions Meeting America’s Affordable Housing Needs Requires GSE Reform, and More Monday, July 8, 2019 Much of the writing that I will undertake in my fellowship year at the Joint Center for Housing... By MICHAEL STEGMAN
Housing Markets & Conditions New Fellows Don Layton and Michael Stegman to Focus on Housing Finance Reform Monday, July 1, 2019 Each year the Joint Center for Housing Studies appoints a number of senior fellows who have made... By CHRIS HERBERT