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Lowered sales in 2019 will impact remodeling into 2020, according to new Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity figures from the Joint Center for Housing Studies.

The feature could help anticipate the needs of Japan's growing elderly population.

Builders are on track to finish more new apartments in 2020 than in any year since the 1980s, yet the number of cost-burdened renters continues to rise.

During times of deepening economic inequality, housing affordability remains a valuable indicator for measuring the health, financial stability and life outcomes for Americans of all backgrounds.

Research from the Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that carpets, floors, paneling, and ceiling tiles account for the largest expenditures in home renovation annually: 5.3 million homeowners spend an average of $3,282 a year on surface improvements.

According to an annual report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, the ratio of median home prices to median household incomes is back near peak levels across the country.

Is housing affordability a supply problem or an income distribution problem? And how do housing trends vary by income level? In this podcast, Corey and Steve discuss the affordability crisis with Chris Herbert, managing director at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

The rise in evictions have been driven in large part by the nation’s increasing affordability crisis: 18.2 million households pay more than half their income on rent or mortgage each month.

Prospects for most Americans’ retirement security haven’t improved. For affluent households, however, the odds of a successful retirement have gotten much better.

A recently released report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies cites growing income disparity for older Americans in the wake of the Great Recession, and says “ensuring financial and housing security in retirement will be a struggle.”