Advanced Age Can Increase Risk of Housing Insecurity and Homelessness Monday, May 6, 2024 With a growing number of older adults experiencing homelessness across the US, we interviewed housing, aging, and homelessness service providers in Boston to examine factors unique to older adults. In... By SAMARA SCHECKLER
Housing Markets & Conditions COVID-19 Will Delay Housing Construction, but for How Long? Thursday, May 7, 2020 COVID-19 will have many effects on housing markets in the coming weeks and years. One of the near... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
Housing Markets & Conditions Past Recessions Might Offer Lessons on the Impact of COVID-19 on Housing Markets Monday, April 27, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down large swaths of the nation’s economy, affecting the day-to-day... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 4: Seven Reports from the Battlefield Tuesday, April 21, 2020 We are in the midst of a war between the government, companies, and not-for-profit organizations... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 3: Q&A on the Ugly Fight over Servicer Advances Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4/16/20 – This version of the blog has been updated to reflect that there are policy requirements in... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic, Part 2: Extraordinary Support and Necessary Consequences Friday, April 3, 2020 As I wrote last week, in America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions America’s Housing Finance System in the Pandemic: Ten Stress Points to Watch Thursday, March 26, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic, as this is being written, is still on the upswing in the number of... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The Freddie Mac G-Fee Discount: Update Monday, February 24, 2020 Last fall, I wrote a blog post entitled “ The Freddie Mac G-Fee Discount: Has the Single Security... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The GSEs and the Economic Cycle: Realistic Expectations Wednesday, February 12, 2020 “The GSEs should be fully buying mortgages at all times, regardless of the state of the economy or... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Demystifying GSE Credit Risk Transfer: How, and How Well, Does It Work? Monday, February 3, 2020 Beginning in 2013, the two government-sponsored enterprises, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, began to... By DON LAYTON
