The robust gains in the national home remodeling market in recent years mask significant variation in spending trends at the local level. This research examining metro-level…
Since 2007, the Joint Center for Housing Studies has projected short-term trends in home remodeling activity with its quarterly Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, or…
Between 2004 and 2014, aggregate outstanding student loan debt has more than tripled in real value. Even as households shed other types of non-housing-related debt, student…
W15-4: The dramatic aging of the U.S. population in coming decades is expected to have important implications for the home remodeling industry. Of the over 25 million…
N15-1: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsors a biennial longitudinal survey of the U.S. housing stock and its inhabitants known as the American…
W14-2: Due to the many obstacles to scale economies facing the residential remodeling industry, such as low barriers to entry, volatile business cycles, highly…
Chris Herbert, Irene Lew, Rocio Sanchez-Moyano
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December 23, 2013
W13-11: In the fall of 2011 the What Works Collaborative convened a meeting of researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to help frame a research agenda to inform…
Chris Herbert, Lauren Lambie-Hanson, Irene Lew, Rocio Sanchez-Moyano
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October 23, 2013
W13-6: As the housing bust accelerated in 2008, concerns mounted about the impact of rising foreclosure levels on low-income and minority communities where nonprime…
W13-3: The approximately $300 billion a year private home remodeling and repair market comprises most of the investment for maintaining and improving the nation’s…
George Masnick, Abbe Will, Kermit Baker
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March 14, 2011
W11-4: As baby boomers relocate or downsize in retirement, or simply die off, they will release a very large amount of housing onto the market. Older homeowners (age 55…