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
Affordability Renters’ Affordability Challenges Worsened Last Year Monday, December 16, 2024 The number of cost-burdened renter households hit yet another record high last year, according to... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Affordability The Insurance Crisis Continues to Weigh on Homeowners Monday, December 9, 2024 Insurance has grabbed headlines lately for good reason. As home prices remain elevated at... By STEVE KOLLER
Affordability Housing Cost Burdens Climb to Record Levels (Again) in 2023 Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Housing affordability worsened again last year, as a record number of US households were cost... By PEYTON WHITNEY, ALEXANDER HERMANN, WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Housing Markets & Conditions 10 Major Housing Stories from the Latest ACS Data Tuesday, October 15, 2024 The American Community Survey (ACS) is one of the most important resources for housing researchers... By ALEXANDER HERMANN, DANIEL MCCUE, PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Could Legalizing Mid-Rise Single-Stair Housing Expand and Improve Housing Supply? Thursday, October 10, 2024 There is widespread agreement that an insufficient supply of new homes has contributed to our... By CHRIS HERBERT
Affordability How Nonprofits Are Using Accessory Dwelling Units as an Affordable Housing Strategy Thursday, September 26, 2024 Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, have been proposed as a way to add housing stock to address the... By HAEWON MA
Rental Housing Affordability Challenges and the Composition of Middle-Income Renters Tuesday, September 10, 2024 As programs that address the housing needs of middle-income renters become increasingly common in an... By ALEXANDER HERMANN, WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, NORA CAHILL, PEYTON WHITNEY
Rental Housing Rental Markets Are Cooling, but Rents Still Far Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Rent growth has moderated recently from historically high pandemic-era levels, according to our... By PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Renters Struggle with Competing Costs of Food, Energy, and Housing Thursday, August 8, 2024 Lower-income renters continued to face extraordinary financial hardships in the first half of 2024... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
