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August 1, 2021

The Washington Post

A tsunami of deferred debt is about to hit homeowners no longer protected by a foreclosure moratorium

“After you take into account that they may have these 18 months of payments, and insurance and property tax payments along with it, they’ll have less than 10 percent equity left in their house,” said Chris Herbert, managing director of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

July 30, 2021

Reuters

Selling out: America's local landlords. Moving in: Big investors

Even before COVID-19 struck, America was plagued by a lack of affordable homes, defined by the government as one that a household can rent for 30% or less of their income. A quarter of American renters pay more than half their incomes on rent, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies says.

July 30, 2021

NPR

A Lot Of People Blame Baby Boomers For The Housing Shortage, But It's Not So Simple

In a healthy housing market, you'd have about six months of housing supply. According to a report last month from Harvard, there's currently less than two months of housing supply in the US, which is very, very tight.

July 30, 2021

Yahoo

How to Win in a Red-Hot Housing Market

Tight supply and continued strong demand from buyers has caused home prices to skyrocket, says Alexander Hermann, a research analyst and one of the lead authors of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 2021 State of the Nation’s Housing report.

July 30, 2021

Bloomberg

Wall Street Emerges as GOP’s Villain Amid House Price Pinch

There were almost 610,000 single-family homes in Ohio in 2019 that were rented, or 17.3% of all homes in the state, a percentage that is in line with the US number, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

July 27, 2021

Slate

We Could Have Stopped the Eviction Wave That’s Coming

According to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, more than half of low-income households spent their stimulus checks on rent.

July 16, 2021

Teen Vogue

$15 Minimum Wage Isn't Enough for Workers to Afford Rent in Any US State

Since 2001, the share of all renter households that qualify as being “cost-burdened” has hovered between 40-50%, according to a study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

July 15, 2021

Marketwatch

Why people are having trouble turning their second homes into dream homes

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University has predicted a robust year for remodeling; experts attribute that to a strong housing market and increased home equity. The center predicts that remodeling and repairs to owner-occupied homes will jump to $352 billion this year, a 3.8% increase over last year.

July 12, 2021

San Francisco Chronicle

See how much more expensive Bay Area real estate is compared to other cities

Low interest rates, a housing production shortfall, fewer houses on the market and changes in consumer spending during the pandemic are among the many reasons why housing prices are shooting up, according to a study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard.

June 30, 2021

NBCLX

Some Reap Benefits of a ‘White Hot' Housing Market, but Others Need Help

Millions of homeowners entered forbearance and many renters are struggling to pay rent as eviction protections begin to expire this summer. It’s a “race” to get more relief measures passed, says Chris Herbert of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

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