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…
After many years of rapid expansion, national expenditures for home improvements and maintenance and repairs topped $325 billion in 2007 according to the Joint Center for…
The homeownership rate – currently around 65 percent, a level first reached half a century ago – is broadly regarded by policymakers as a core measure of whether the US…
The home remodeling market in the US expanded by more than 50 percent since the end of the Great Recession, according to our new report, Improving America’s Housing 2019. The…
The homeownership rate is broadly regarded by policymakers as a core measure of how well the US socioeconomic system is delivering a good quality of life for the typical…
On March 15, Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) issued a press release titled “Toomey Outlines Housing Finance Reform Principles” with the subtitle “Signals willingness to work with…
We are in the midst of a war between the government, companies, and not-for-profit organizations against the sharp economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. As a…
The homeownership rate, among the thousands of statistics that the government produces to describe the country’s economic and social health, has an exalted place among…
This literature review provides an overview of existing literature on the topic of shared equity housing programs in the US. It seeks to identify common elements, benefits,…
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), are required by law to be residential mortgage monolines. However, after the 2008 Financial…
