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
Miscellaneous What We Read, Watched, and Listened to in 2021 Wednesday, December 29, 2021 As we do each year, we asked our staff to recommend the books, shows, podcasts, and other content... By KERRY DONAHUE
Miscellaneous Our Top 10 Blogs of 2021 Wednesday, December 22, 2021 A look back at our most-read blogs shows that specific effects of the pandemic on housing markets... By CORINNA ANDERSON
Demographics & Projections Have More People Moved During the Pandemic? Monday, November 29, 2021 While the share of Americans moving each year has been falling for several decades , the start of... By RIORDAN FROST
Aging Do Older Homeowners with Mortgages Cut Back on Health Spending? Monday, November 15, 2021 Between 1989 and 2016 the share of homeowners 65 and older with outstanding mortgages doubled, and... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Neighborhood Change The Possible Impacts of Remote Work on Cities, Neighborhoods, and Households Monday, November 8, 2021 Working from home appears to be an outcome of the pandemic that is here to stay. Nearly two years of... By DANIEL MCCUE
Neighborhood Change Inclusionary and Incentive Zoning in the Six New England States Thursday, November 4, 2021 Almost 200 localities in all six New England states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire... By DIXI WU
Rental Housing Using Community Income Levels to Help Tenants Get Emergency Rental Assistance Thursday, October 28, 2021 Despite improving economic conditions, millions of Americans – including a disproportionately large... By SAM GILMAN
Affordability Designing a Nationwide Downpayment Assistance Program: Lessons from Five International Case Studies Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Downpayment assistance has, of late, received an increasing amount of attention among US... By BENJAMIN WARD
Remodeling Gains in Remodeling to Remain Robust Thursday, October 21, 2021 Strong growth in home improvement and maintenance expenditures is expected to continue over the... By ABBE WILL
