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
Remodeling Great Recession Increased Fragmentation in Remodeling Industry Thursday, April 7, 2016 During the last industry downturn, home remodeling contractors experienced increased fragmentation... By ABBE WILL
Demographics & Projections New Population Data from U.S. Census Reveals Increasing Migration to Sunnier Regions Thursday, March 31, 2016 Last week, the U.S Census Bureau released new population estimates and its analysis of components of... By SONALI MATHUR
Remodeling Home Conversions – and Reconversions – Expected to Generate More Remodeling Activity Thursday, March 24, 2016 During the housing bust, and continuing into this housing recovery, large numbers of owner-occupied... By KERMIT BAKER
Demographics & Projections Millennial Housing Issues in Perspective: Visualizing Cohort Trends in Population Size, Household Numbers, Ownership and Renting Friday, March 18, 2016 Today’s 41 million young adults age 25-34 have been slow to move into independent household... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability Affordable Rental Housing Development in the For-Profit Sector: A Case Study of McCormack Baron Salazar Thursday, March 10, 2016 Despite the private for-profit sector’s importance in affordable housing development, there has been... By RACHEL G. BRATT
Affordability Evicted: Confronting Some Uncomfortable Truths Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Matthew Desmond’s new book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is just being released... By CHRIS HERBERT
Affordability HUD Funding in the Presidential Budget Prioritizes Economic Mobility and Rental Assistance Thursday, February 25, 2016 Several weeks ago, President Obama released his final budget proposal to Congress. In it, the... By IRENE LEW
Homeownership Update on Homeownership Wealth Trajectories Through the Housing Boom and Bust Thursday, February 18, 2016 The housing crisis and ensuing Great Recession of the late 2000s resulted in millions of homeowners... By DANIEL MCCUE
Remodeling Five-Year Failure Rates for Remodeling Contractors Exceeded 50% During Downturn Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Newly available data from the U.S Census Bureau confirms that the severe drop in home improvement... By ABBE WILL