Current sources of home improvement data are limited by lack of detailed geographic information. Even surveys with the most comprehensive coverage generate imprecise…
Frederick Abernathy, John Dunlop, David Weil, William Apgar, Kermit Baker, Rachel Roth
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February 28, 2004
W04-3: The past several years have seen dramatic changes in the distribution of residential building products, particularly as it relates to dealers serving homebuilders…
BABC 04-10: Spending financed by home equity extraction helps smooth household consumption and bolster the economy in economic downturns, but may reduce wealth…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies has been working with the Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research on a study investigating the changes that are occurring or will…
This paper examines trends in prime-market mortgage lending to low- and moderate-income families and to families living in underserved areas, hereafter affordable lending,…