W01-7: This paper studies the response of the housing market to immigration shocks. I find a positive association between immigrant flows and changes in rents in the…
CAMBRIDGE, MA – The sharp interest rate hikes over the past year continue to impact housing markets and affordability for both homeowners and renters across the US, according…
Piling on top of steep jumps over the past year, both mortgage interest rates and home prices rose again in mid-2023, further eroding affordability for homebuyers and leaving…
The sharp interest rate hikes over the past year continue to impact housing markets and affordability for both homeowners and renters across the US, according to our new…
Rents across the US rose at an unprecedented pace in the second half of 2021, according to our new America’s Rental Housing 2022 report. As rental markets tightened and…
CAMBRIDGE, MA – After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point. Higher interest rates have taken some heat out of the homebuying market…
After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point. Higher interest rates have taken some heat out of the homebuying market, and the large…
Cambridge, MA – A decade after the onset of the Great Recession, the national housing market has, by many measures, returned to normal, according to the latest State of…
On September 28, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, reported its monthly index of house…
