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
Rental Housing The Record-Breaking Rental Market Tuesday, February 1, 2022 There are always surprising and interesting data points that emerge as we work on our reports, but... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Rental Housing What Financial Resources Have Renters Tapped During the Pandemic? Thursday, January 27, 2022 To keep up with housing payments during the pandemic, renters tapped a wide range of financial... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Homeownership What It Will Take to Sustainably Increase the Homeownership Rate? Wednesday, January 26, 2022 The homeownership rate – currently around 65 percent, a level first reached half a century ago – is... By DON LAYTON
Remodeling Labor and Materials Might Constrain Remodeling Growth, but the Pandemic Is Only Part of the Story Monday, January 24, 2022 One sector that has experienced sustained growth in the housing industry has been home remodeling... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Rental Housing New Report Shows a Surging Rental Market, Starkly Divided by Race and Renter Incomes Friday, January 21, 2022 Rental housing demand came roaring back in the second year of the pandemic, reducing vacancy rates... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Remodeling Boom in Home Remodeling May Peak in 2022 Thursday, January 20, 2022 Spending for home improvements and repairs is expected to expand at a stronger pace in 2022, but... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions To Senator Toomey: The Process of Exiting GSE Conservatorship Is Not So Simple Tuesday, January 18, 2022 On Thursday, January 13, the Senate Banking Committee held a nomination hearing for Sandra Thompson... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The New Government Mortgage Lending Limit Approaches $1 Million: Does This Call for Reassessment and Revision? Monday, January 10, 2022 On November 30, 2021, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of... By DON LAYTON
Rental Housing Older Renters of Color Have Experienced High Rates of Housing Insecurity During the Pandemic Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Recent data show that in the last year, older households of color struggled to pay rent or mortgages... By BAILEY HU