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 How Is Digitalization Changing Investments in Housing? Friday, January 13, 2023 Big data and the growing use of data analytics are transforming how residential real estate is... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions How is Digitalization Changing the Design and Construction of Housing? Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Could digitalization significantly change how housing is designed and built? If so, could those... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions Bringing Digitalization Home: Can Technology Help Address Housing-Related Challenges? Monday, October 24, 2022 Digitalization—the strategic use of technology to collect, create, process, organize, analyze, use... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability Nowhere to Live: Profits, Disinvestment, and the American Housing Crisis Thursday, July 14, 2022 For over 30 years, our Center has published its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report, which... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions The First GSE Equitable Housing Finance Plans: Four Major Issues to Watch Friday, June 24, 2022 On June 8, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), issued their... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Record-Breaking Home Prices and Rents Likely to Cool as Interest Rates Climb: New State of the Nation's Housing Report Wednesday, June 22, 2022 After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point. Higher... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions The Policymaking Implications of Record-High Mortgage Origination Profits During the Pandemic Monday, May 2, 2022 On April 11, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the largest of the industry associations in... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Concentration in Homebuilding Driven by a Few Large Builders Tuesday, April 19, 2022 The 100 largest home builders in the US now account for about half of all new single-family home... By GOPAL AHLUWALIA, KERMIT BAKER, KENT COLTON
Housing Markets & Conditions A Modest Suggestion: The Four Government Mortgage Agencies Should Produce a Unified Report on Mission Activities Monday, March 28, 2022 The four government mortgage agencies —Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (known as the two government... By DON LAYTON