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…
RR07-2: Where the poor live and why has an enormous impact on access to jobs, decent quality schools, and other local attributes that affect a family’s ability to rise…
W06-6: In 1994, the U.S. White House convened various stakeholders to establish a set of “National Construction Goals” recognizing that the residential building industry…
W06-2: Over the past 15 years, builder consolidation has dramatically changed the home building industry. In addition to improved financial performance, the adoption of…
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…
It has long been argued that promoting homeownership among low-income households is worthwhile because owned housing may be an important source of savings for these families…
Using data from the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), this paper estimates homeownership rates that would prevail in the United States if borrowing constraints were…