Rural Areas Saw Disproportionate Home Price Growth During the Pandemic Thursday, May 16, 2024 Home prices rose at an unprecedented pace after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of record-low interest rates, the continued aging of millennials into prime homebuying years, and a... By PEYTON WHITNEY, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Demographics & Projections The Rise of the Single-Person Household Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Perhaps nothing speaks greater volume about changes in modern American life than the rise of the... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability A Record of Steady Progress: Gov. Patrick and Predecessors Should Be Proud of Chapter 40B Contributions Thursday, May 14, 2015 Last December, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development released the latest... By RACHEL G. BRATT
Housing Markets & Conditions Most Inadequate Condition Manufactured Homes Were Built After the Introduction of Federal Building Code Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Since 2000, nonprofits and government entities have increasingly sought to diminish negative... By MATTHEW FURMAN
Housing Markets & Conditions VIDEO: An Interactive Conversation about the Role of Designers in Promoting Racial Justice in our Communities Monday, April 20, 2015 Earlier this month, the Joint Center for Housing Studies, together with the Loeb Fellowship and... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Homeownership 11+ Million Undocumented Immigrants in the U.S. Could Be Important for the Housing Recovery Friday, January 23, 2015 President Obama’s recent announcement that he will take executive action on immigration could be an... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability What Effect Will Lower FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Have on First-Time Homebuyers? Thursday, January 22, 2015 As mentioned in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability What Loss Mitigation Taught Us About Housing Finance Reform Tuesday, January 13, 2015 From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. Today’s post was written... By PATRICIA MCCOY
Demographics & Projections 3 Facts about Marriage and Homeownership Wednesday, December 17, 2014 In conversations about the declining homeownership rate in the U.S., some commentators have pointed... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Housing Markets & Conditions LBJ’s Biggest Housing Program that No One Remembers Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Now that we have reached the half-century mark since President Lyndon Johnson began passing... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
