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…
The backdrop for the HIVE (Housing Innovation Vision Economics) Home Builder Survey was a shortage of housing and a serious housing affordability challenge – some would call…
Eric Belsky, Rachel Bogardus Drew, Daniel McCue
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November 1, 2007
W07-7: This paper examines the challenges of projecting the long-run sustainable demand for new residential construction and presents a range of estimates for the likely…
RR07-1: The nation faces many longstanding rental housing challenges. Chief among these concerns are widespread rental affordability problems, neighborhood decline, the…
For decades, real estate and housing professionals have thought of the typical home buyer as a married couple, with or without children, either purchasing their first home or…
Eric Belsky, Jack Goodman, Rachel Bogardus Drew
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June 1, 2005
Difficulty affording housing is widely acknowledged as the most common housing problem in the United States. No matter how one chooses to measure the problem, it is clearly…
In 2001, there were over 5.7 million foreign-born1 homeowners living in the United States, with $1.2 trillion in aggregate house value and $876 billion in home equity. More…
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…