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
Housing Markets & Conditions GSE Reform: None or Mostly Done? Monday, August 5, 2019 Ever since the dust settled from the 2008 financial crisis, there has been focus in Washington on... By DON LAYTON
Remodeling More Existing Homes Will Have Smart Home Tech Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Smart home technology—widely understood as devices that enable remote control and/or monitoring of... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Demographics & Projections The Continued Growth in Student Loan Debt Thursday, July 25, 2019 Student loan debt has increased substantially over the last two decades, as has the number of... By RIORDAN FROST
Affordability Increasing Land Prices Make Housing Less Affordable Monday, July 22, 2019 Between 2012 and 2017, the value of land used for single-family housing in the United States rose... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Remodeling Steep Slowdown Projected in Home Improvements Thursday, July 18, 2019 Growth in residential remodeling spending is expected to slow considerably by the middle of next... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions Why Is the Administration Not Talking About Utility-Style Regulation of G-Fees? Tuesday, July 16, 2019 The latest administration pronouncements about the reform of the two giant government-sponsored... By DON LAYTON
Affordability A Home Builder Perspective on Housing Affordability and Construction Innovation Monday, July 15, 2019 With housing affordability becoming a growing challenge – some would call it a crisis – in many... By KENT COLTON
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
