Tag Archives: Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS)

In 2022, the median sale price for a single-family home in the US was 5.6 times higher than the median household income—higher than at any point on record, dating back to the early 1970s.

Forbearance rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, but does it still have a place in today’s economy? Click through to read commentary from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

A new blog post by David Luberoff, Deputy Director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, explores the concept of digitalization and how it has changed the face of producing, financing, reviewing, and regulating the current housing market.

Inflation and rising rents are leaving renters little to work with after paying their monthly dues.

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing in February on the topic of “The State of Housing 2023” with three highly placed witnesses to give testimony to the committee addressing current challenges and forecasts of what to expect in real estate this year.

More and more Americans are choosing to renovate their homes in light of today’s mortgage rates, but what are the smartest projects to maximize ROI?

The amount consumers are set to spend on home renovations or repairs is set to slide for the first time in a few years. Click through for more.

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University examines big data, advanced analytics, and AI’s impact on real estate investments and single-family rentals.

Disasters have been making headlines recently after a pair of hurricanes—Fiona and Ian—caused damage in the territory of Puerto Rico and from Florida up the East Coast, but as federal aid begins to flow to disaster victims, is now the ...

It’s no secret that the combination of rising home prices along with a trend of increasing interest rates have made buying the typical single-family home much more expensive, if not completely unaffordable for many.  According to Joint Center for Housing Studies ...