Daniel McCue, Raheem Hanifa, Chris Herbert
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March 22, 2023
The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean that households of color are disproportionately excluded from the many…
Sharon Cornelissen, Daniel McCue, Raheem Hanifa
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January 5, 2023
Persistent racial and ethnic gaps in homeownership rates have recently led policy makers to create a range of programs and initiatives to expand and maintain Black…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 26, 2014
With promising increases in home construction, sales, and prices, the housing market gained steam in early 2013. But when interest rates notched up at mid-year, momentum…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 6, 2011
With employment growth strengthening, consumer spending up, and rental markets tightening, some of the ingredients for a housing recovery were taking shape in early 2011. Yet…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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December 1, 2010
This paper synthesizes the symposium proceedings, drawing upon the presentations and discussion at the event as the well as the papers themselves. Rather than present a…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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July 14, 2010
Even as the worst housing market correction in more than 60 years appeared to turn a corner in 2009, the fallout from sharply lower home prices and high unemployment…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 22, 2009
Despite unprecedented federal efforts to jumpstart the economy and help homeowners keep up with their mortgage payments, home prices continued to fall and foreclosures…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 23, 2008
Housing markets contracted for a second straight year in 2007. The national median single-family home price fell in nominal terms for the first time in 40 years of…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 11, 2007
After setting records for home sales, single-family starts, and house price appreciation in 2005, housing markets abruptly reversed last year. In 2006, total home sales fell…