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 Can Demolitions and Property Rehabilitations Alter Nearby Crime Patterns? Friday, November 6, 2015 The potential for vacant and abandoned structures to attract crime has long concerned local... By JONATHAN SPADER
Demographics & Projections Variable Population Growth is Driving an Uneven Housing Recovery in the Nation’s Large Metropolitan Areas Friday, October 23, 2015 We easily accept the proposition that the housing recovery will be greatest in parts of the country... By GEORGE MASNICK
Remodeling Remodeling Spending Expected to Accelerate into 2016 Thursday, October 15, 2015 After several quarters of slackening growth, home improvement spending is projected to pick-up pace... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions Single-Family Rentals Have Risen to Nearly a Third of Rental Housing Monday, October 5, 2015 According to the Census Bureau, the national homeownership rate dropped again in the second quarter... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Affordability Enterprise and JCHS Project Renter Burdens in 2025 Monday, September 21, 2015 Earlier today, Enterprise Community Partners and the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies... By CHRIS HERBERT, ANDREW JAKABOVICS
Demographics & Projections Where Are All the Homes? Demographic Underpinnings of the Lack of For-Sale Inventory Friday, September 18, 2015 One of the challenges faced by housing markets has been a persistent lack of inventory of homes for... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability Housing Cost Burdens Reach Higher Up the Income Scale, But Remain Nearly Unavoidable at Lower Incomes Thursday, September 10, 2015 In conjunction with the release of our 2015 State of the Nation’s Housing Report, the Joint Center... By ELLEN MARYA
Housing Markets & Conditions How Much of the Damaged Housing Stock Was Rebuilt After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita? Thursday, September 3, 2015 Ten years ago, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created unprecedented damage in communities along the... By JONATHAN SPADER
Housing Markets & Conditions A City Revival? It Depends on Your Definitions Thursday, August 20, 2015 Every spring, the Census Bureau publishes estimates of the population as of the prior July 1st at... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
