Our 2022 Summer Fellows Will Tackle a Range of Housing-Related Projects and Problems Wednesday, May 18, 2022 With support from our Center, 28 graduate students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), and one undergraduate from Harvard College, will spend the... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Housing Markets & Conditions The Policymaking Implications of Record-High Mortgage Origination Profits During the Pandemic Monday, May 2, 2022 On April 11, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the largest of the industry associations in... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Concentration in Homebuilding Driven by a Few Large Builders Tuesday, April 19, 2022 The 100 largest home builders in the US now account for about half of all new single-family home... By GOPAL AHLUWALIA, KERMIT BAKER, KENT COLTON
Housing Markets & Conditions A Modest Suggestion: The Four Government Mortgage Agencies Should Produce a Unified Report on Mission Activities Monday, March 28, 2022 The four government mortgage agencies—Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (known as the two government... By DON LAYTON
Rental Housing Rents Have Soared Across the Country, But Home Prices Grew Even Faster Thursday, February 17, 2022 Rents across the US rose at an unprecedented pace in the second half of 2021, according to our new... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions Is GSE Reform Dead? Monday, February 14, 2022 The two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are in their... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions To Senator Toomey: The Process of Exiting GSE Conservatorship Is Not So Simple Tuesday, January 18, 2022 On Thursday, January 13, the Senate Banking Committee held a nomination hearing for Sandra Thompson... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions The New Government Mortgage Lending Limit Approaches $1 Million: Does This Call for Reassessment and Revision? Monday, January 10, 2022 On November 30, 2021, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions What Do Runaway Home Prices Mean for the US? Wednesday, October 6, 2021 On September 28, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Newly-Proposed Changes to the GSE Capital Rule Will Eliminate Harmful Distortions Tuesday, September 21, 2021 On September 15, the FHFA issued a formal proposal to amend the regulatory minimum capital... By DON LAYTON
