Advanced Age Can Increase Risk of Housing Insecurity and Homelessness Monday, May 6, 2024 With a growing number of older adults experiencing homelessness across the US, we interviewed housing, aging, and homelessness service providers in Boston to examine factors unique to older adults. In... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Housing Markets & Conditions With Existing Inventories Historically Low, Homebuyers Turn to the New Home Market Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Despite the cooling housing market, inventories of existing homes for sale have barely budged from... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions Can Digitalization Improve How We Plan, Review, and Regulate Housing? Thursday, September 7, 2023 Digitalization, which has already changed how housing is produced, sold, financed, and used, could... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Housing Markets Leaving Lowest Income Households Behind Thursday, July 27, 2023 Our 2023 State of the Nation’s Housing report shows that while the growth in home prices and rents... By DANIEL MCCUE
Housing Markets & Conditions Comparing the Costs of Manufactured and Site-Built Housing Monday, July 10, 2023 Across the US, homeownership is becoming increasingly inaccessible for low- and moderate-income... By CHADWICK REED
Housing Markets & Conditions Home Prices and Rents Remain High, as Steep Interest Rates Lock Homeowners in Place and Slow Construction Wednesday, June 21, 2023 The sharp interest rate hikes over the past year continue to impact housing markets and... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions Can Digitalization Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Help People Age in Place? Monday, May 22, 2023 As tools like Alexa, Google Home, and Siri have shown, digitalization is changing how we live in our... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Discrimination in Home Lending and Appraisals: Challenges for Black Homebuyers in Massachusetts Thursday, March 30, 2023 Since 2019 I have conducted research on how rising housing prices in Boston displace long-time... By SHARON CORNELISSEN
Housing Markets & Conditions How Is Digitalization Transforming How People Find and Finance Housing? Wednesday, March 1, 2023 As the rise of companies like Zillow and Rocket Mortgage illustrate, big data and data analytics... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability The State of US Housing: A Roller Coaster Ride Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Last week I was invited to testify by the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee in... By CHRIS HERBERT