Can New Suburban Housing Make Urban Areas More Affordable? Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Over the past thirty years, real home prices and rents in dense urban centers in the US grew more rapidly than housing costs in suburban metropolitan neighborhoods. At the same time, the vast majority... By VALENTINE GILBERT
Aging What Will Happen to Housing When the Baby Boomers are Gone? Tuesday, February 17, 2015 As baby boomers age and die, adult population growth will begin to fall off sharply in the coming... By GEORGE MASNICK
Demographics & Projections Homeownership Rates Continue to Decline, but Minority Owners Still Better Off than Before the Housing Boom Thursday, February 5, 2015 The Census Bureau recently released its 2014 Q4 Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS) data, giving us a... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Demographics & Projections 11+ Million Undocumented Immigrants in the U.S. Could Be Important for the Housing Recovery Monday, January 5, 2015 President Obama’s recent announcement that he will take executive action on immigration could be an... By GEORGE MASNICK
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
Aging Why Does Mortgage Debt Continue to Rise Among Older Homeowners? Tuesday, November 4, 2014 According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, aggregate mortgage debt stood at $8.6 trillion in... By GEORGE MASNICK
Aging How Does Geographic Diversity in Age Structures Impact Housing Market Dynamics? Tuesday, October 21, 2014 As the youngest of the baby boom generation has now turned 50, there is much talk about the overall... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability The Changing Profile of Student Loan Debt: Who Has It, How Big is Their Burden, and How Much Education Did They Receive? Thursday, October 2, 2014 In recent years, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Consumer Credit Panel (FRBNY CCP) , which... By IRENE LEW
Affordability New Data Shows a Growing Wealth Divide in the U.S. Thursday, September 11, 2014 Last week, the Federal Reserve released its 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances , a triennial survey... By DANIEL MCCUE
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