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
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
Homeownership How Do Mortgage Refinances Affect Debt, Default, and Spending? Monday, May 20, 2019 In the wake of the Great Recession, US monetary policy focused in large measure on purchases of... By JOSHUA ABEL
