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 Racialized Recovery: Postforeclosure Pathways in Boston’s Neighborhoods Monday, January 6, 2020 While many studies have shown that most foreclosures during the Great Recession occurred in minority... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Neighborhood Change Is Lead Exposure a Form of Housing Inequality? Thursday, January 2, 2020 The primary sources of contemporary lead exposure are chipping paint, water pipes, and lead... By ALIX WINTER, ROBERT SAMPSON
Miscellaneous What We’ve Been Reading (and Listening to) This Year Friday, December 27, 2019 In anticipation of the holiday break, which for those of us in the Northeast is a time of short... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Treasury’s Long GSE Capital To-Do List Thursday, December 19, 2019 As the year ends, the momentum for the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Freddie Mac and... By DON LAYTON
Miscellaneous End of the Year Roundup: Our Most Popular Blogs of 2019 Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Rental supply challenges, cost burdens, and price-to-income ratios: our most popular blogs of 2019... By KERRY DONAHUE
Housing Markets & Conditions Politicization and the Flawed Narrative of Loose GSE Credit Thursday, December 12, 2019 Earlier this year, the viewpoint of political conservatives that the credit quality of the mortgages... By DON LAYTON
Homeownership Criminal Justice Contact, Homeownership, and Implications for the Black-White Wealth Gap Monday, December 9, 2019 Prior research has demonstrated that racial disparities in incarceration contribute to the black... By BRIELLE BRYAN
Neighborhood Change Chicago Development Highlights Collaborative Efforts to Preserve Housing and Develop Sustainable Communities Monday, December 2, 2019 In her closing remarks at the recent Foundations for the Future of Housing Conference, Julia Stasch... By SEAN VEAL
Housing Markets & Conditions The Freddie Mac G-Fee Discount: Has the Single Security Eliminated It for Good? Wednesday, November 27, 2019 When I joined Freddie Mac as CEO in 2012, I knew that, despite it being a giant company with $2... By DON LAYTON
