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
Demographics & Projections Have Recent Demographic Trends Contributed to the Rise and Fall of the Homeownership Rate? Thursday, December 1, 2016 What has caused the ongoing, decade-long decline in homeownership in the United States? And which... By JONATHAN SPADER
Homeownership Can Homebuyer Counseling Support Sustainable Homeownership? Tuesday, October 25, 2016 HUD recently released a progress report —including a few early findings—from what could be a ground... By JONATHAN SPADER
Homeownership How Much of the Homeownership Rate Decline from 2005-2015 is Due to Foreclosures? Thursday, May 26, 2016 The U.S. homeownership rate declined to 63.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016, a drop of 0.3... By JONATHAN SPADER
Homeownership Update on Homeownership Wealth Trajectories Through the Housing Boom and Bust Thursday, February 18, 2016 The housing crisis and ensuing Great Recession of the late 2000s resulted in millions of homeowners... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability Homebuying Affordability Strong in Many Metros but First-Time Buyers Face Financial Hurdles Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Stagnant incomes and tight credit since the recession have worked in tandem to keep many renters... By ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
Homeownership Homeownership Rates Drop to Historic Lows; Middle Class Feels the Strain of Rising Rents Wednesday, June 24, 2015 The fledgling U.S. housing recovery lost momentum last year as homeownership rates continued to fall... By CHRIS HERBERT
Affordability Homeownership and Affordable Housing a Key Part of Upward Mobility, but Hard to Come By Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Earlier this week, the MacArthur Foundation released the results of its third annual How Housing... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Aging Are Baby Boomers Propping Up the Homeownership Rate? Wednesday, May 27, 2015 The US homeownership rate peaked in late 2004 and has been in a steady decline ever since, dropping... By ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
Demographics & Projections What is Driving the Decline in Homownership Among Young Adults, and What Can be Done About it? Wednesday, March 4, 2015 The homeownership rate for young adults ages 25 to 34, which rose from 45 percent in the mid-1990s... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
