Modest Gains in 2025 Outlook for Home Remodeling Thursday, January 16, 2025 After two years of decline, annual expenditures for improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes are expected to grow at a mild pace throughout 2025, according to our latest Leading Indicator... By ABBE WILL
Demographics & Projections Keeping an Eye on Trends in Household Growth Thursday, September 5, 2013 While home prices and construction levels are on the rise, the most recent estimates suggest that... By CHRIS HERBERT
Aging Crossing the Threshold: Problems and Prospects for Accessible Housing Design Wednesday, August 28, 2013 America is at the confluence of two opposing demographic tides. Land use law scholar Daniel... By WANDA LIEBERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions Despite Upswing in City Population Growth Rates, Suburbs Still Outpace Cities in Numerical Growth Wednesday, August 21, 2013 The Census Bureau recently released 2012 population estimates for cities and towns to complement the... By GEORGE MASNICK
Remodeling Beyond Energy Efficiency: The Future of Sustainability in the Housing Market Wednesday, August 14, 2013 For the past 40 years, since the OPEC oil embargo in the early 1970s dramatically pushed up... By KERMIT BAKER
Homeownership Lessons for Helping Distressed Homeowners – and Avoiding Distress in the Future Wednesday, August 7, 2013 In April of this year, the Joint Center convened a symposium entitled Homeownership Built to Last... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Remodeling Remodeling Gains Expected to Continue Into 2014 Wednesday, July 31, 2013 In our July 16 blog, C ensus Bureau Remodeling Data Revisions Out of Sync with Other Market... By ABBE WILL
Remodeling Climate Change and Indoor Air Quality: Lessons from the Energy Crisis of the 1970s Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Current discussions of climate change do not often focus on housing. Unless large numbers of homes... By MARIEL WOLFSON
Remodeling Census Bureau Remodeling Data Revisions Out of Sync with Other Market Indicators Wednesday, July 17, 2013 PLEASE NOTE: On July 31, 2013, we updated this blog with a new post, Remodeling Gains Expected to... By ABBE WILL
Affordability Housing Recovery Unlikely to Ease Renter Cost Burdens Friday, July 12, 2013 The headlines continue to trumpet good news about the housing market, including falling vacancy... By CHRIS HERBERT