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This analysis considers the extent to which the Community Reinvestment Act has led institutions under its authority to increase the number of home purchase mortgage loans to…

W01-8: Each year the federal government spends approximately $6 billion to rehabilitate the housing stock, which leverages a similar amount of spending from the private…

W01-6: This paper explores the relationship between housing and household wealth. Any such study encounters two challenges: measuring household wealth and tracing the…

W01-10: The multifamily mortgage market has changed dramatically over the last two decades. The relative importance of the thrifts—once the major source of financing for…

Housing markets stood up well in 2000 despite growing uncertainty about the direction of the economy. After years of rapidly rising rents and home prices, however, housing…

Every year, about 26 million owners make improvements to their homes. These projects may be as simple as replacing a faucet or as complex as adding a master bedroom suite.…

The Fannie Mae Foundation and the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University convened a series of Issues Forums during the fall and winter of 2000-2001 to provide…

Record numbers of foreign-born individuals and households currently reside in the United States, substantially affecting housing demand. As of 1998, the 11 million immigrant-…

W01-5: This paper presents preliminary results on the survival, dissolution, and growth patterns of residential remodeling establishments located in metropolitan areas…

W01-7: This paper studies the response of the housing market to immigration shocks. I find a positive association between immigrant flows and changes in rents in the…