This invited commentary for the 2022 Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies symposium focuses on the need for better data about zoning. It offers insights into the state of…
Gopal Ahluwalia, Kermit Baker, Kent Colton
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April 19, 2022
Although still fragmented, the homebuilding industry has undergone changes in recent years that have increased the share of production by larger builders. The top 100…
W02-5: By many standards, the United States has the best housing finance system in the world. However, the system has seen many changes and modifications over the last…
Kent Colton, Katherine Collignon
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January 5, 2001
W01-1: This paper examines the most pressing issues related to multifamily rental (apartment) housing. It begins with a brief review of the benefits apartments bring to…
W00-2: The Mexican mortgage market experienced significant turbulence in the 1990s allowing a newly created financial intermediary, the Sociedades Financieras de Objeto…
W00-3: The Mexican government has struggled to curtail growth of bad bank loans since the currency devaluation of December1994. This paper examines borrower choice to…
This report is modeled after TheState of the Nation's Housing reports produced by the Joint Center for Housing Studies since the early 1980s. These reports provide a…
