Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 22, 2022
After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point. Higher interest rates have taken some heat out of the homebuying market, and the large…
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…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 16, 2021
Even as the US economy continues to recover, the inequalities amplified by the pandemic remain front and center. Households that weathered the crisis without …
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), earlier in May…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, has also been the conservator of the…
What is the impact of the sharing economy, pioneered by companies such as Airbnb, on the housing market? In this paper, Sophie Calder-Wang estimates the welfare and…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on February 16 released its 2021 Scorecard for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The scorecard…
Why do national trends in house prices spread more to some cities than to others? This paper proposes an explanation of house price contagion based on migration spillovers…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced and is seeking public comment on a proposed “living will” rule to apply to the two government-sponsored…
Are Millennials leaving town? Yes, they are. Are young adults leaving town? No, they are not. The seemingly contradicting answers are due to the fact that age and birth…