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.
Read More »Housing Investment Adapts to Rapid Digitalization
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.
Read More »Commentary: Is Now the Time to Address Fair Access to Disaster Aid?
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 ...
Read More »Increasing Prices Limiting Access to Homeownership
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 ...
Read More »Seniors Remain Vulnerable to Housing Market Fluctuations
“Demand for affordable, accessible housing, in-home services, and neighborhood supports and amenities is set to soar—yet right now, we fall well short of meeting even today’s needs,” said Jennifer Molinsky with the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Read More »Black Households’ Affordability Numbers Halved
The fact that housing and mortgage rates have done nothing but rise over the last year has hampered affordability across the board, but the impact on Black renters in particular has been particularly harsh—the share of Black renter households who ...
Read More »On the Pandemic and Affordability
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University provides a glimpse into affordability challenges and the number of cost-burdened households, using newly released data from the Census Bureau.
Read More »A Look at the GSEs’ Equitable Housing Finance Plans
Don Layton, Former CEO of Freddie Mac, lays out four major points the GSEs should consider as related programs go online.
Read More »On the Horizon: Insights From the JCHS
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University takes a look at a few key datapoints, which give a better picture of how the market is faring as we near the year’s halfway point.
Read More »HUD Provides Framework to Advance Housing Equity Nationwide
The Department’s new Equity Action Plan outlines its commitment to bringing equity to the forefront within the Biden Administration by reducing the racial homeownership gap.
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