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
Homeownership Who Doesn’t Want to Own a Home? Tuesday, October 28, 2014 In a previous post, I described recent research about drivers of decisions to own homes, with... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Homeownership New Book Identifies Lessons Learned from the Housing Crisis Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Though the national homeownership rate rose to its highest level ever in 2005, millions of Americans... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Demographics & Projections What Will Stop the Slide in Homeownership Rates? Keep Your Eye on Incomes. Wednesday, July 2, 2014 As highlighted in our new State of the Nation’s Housing report, the national homeownership rate... By CHRIS HERBERT
Demographics & Projections Millennials the Key to a Stronger Housing Recovery Thursday, June 26, 2014 The U.S. housing recovery should regain its footing, but also faces a number of challenges... By KERRY DONAHUE
Homeownership What Drives the Decision to Rent vs.Own? Wednesday, June 11, 2014 What drives someone’s decision about whether to own or rent their home? Economists tend to focus on... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Homeownership The Role of Investors in Acquiring Foreclosed Properties in Low and Moderate Income Neighborhoods Thursday, April 3, 2014 In the fall of 2011 the What Works Collaborative convened a meeting of researchers, policy makers... By CHRIS HERBERT
Homeownership Why We Should Care About the Great Recession’s Most Unfortunate Victim: Homeownership Monday, December 2, 2013 From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. This post was written by... By ROBERT COUCH
Homeownership The Role of Investors in Acquiring Foreclosed Properties in Boston Wednesday, October 23, 2013 In the fall of 2011, a meeting of researchers, policy makers, and practitioners convened by the What... By IRENE LEW, ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
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
