Rural Areas Saw Disproportionate Home Price Growth During the Pandemic Thursday, May 16, 2024 Home prices rose at an unprecedented pace after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of record-low interest rates, the continued aging of millennials into prime homebuying years, and a... By PEYTON WHITNEY, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Affordability What Effect Will Lower FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Have on First-Time Homebuyers? Thursday, January 22, 2015 As mentioned in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability What Loss Mitigation Taught Us About Housing Finance Reform Tuesday, January 13, 2015 From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. Today’s post was written... By PATRICIA MCCOY
Demographics & Projections 11+ Million Undocumented Immigrants in the U.S. Could Be Important for the Housing Recovery Monday, January 5, 2015 President Obama’s recent announcement that he will take executive action on immigration could be an... By GEORGE MASNICK
Demographics & Projections 3 Facts about Marriage and Homeownership Wednesday, December 17, 2014 In conversations about the declining homeownership rate in the U.S., some commentators have pointed... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Homeownership Survey: Many Homeowners Concerned about Invisible Health Risks Wednesday, December 10, 2014 What makes a home healthy or unhealthy? As Mariel Wolfson illustrated in her recent blog, this... By ELIZABETH LA JEUNESSE
Homeownership Expanding Asset-Building Opportunities Through Homeownership Friday, December 5, 2014 From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. Today’s post, written by... By JEFFREY LUBELL
Aging Why Does Mortgage Debt Continue to Rise Among Older Homeowners? Tuesday, November 4, 2014 According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, aggregate mortgage debt stood at $8.6 trillion in... By GEORGE MASNICK
Homeownership Who Doesn’t Want to Own a Home? Tuesday, October 28, 2014 In a previous post, I described recent research about drivers of decisions to own homes, with... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Homeownership New Book Identifies Lessons Learned from the Housing Crisis Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Though the national homeownership rate rose to its highest level ever in 2005, millions of Americans... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY