Can New Suburban Housing Make Urban Areas More Affordable? Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Over the past thirty years, real home prices and rents in dense urban centers in the US grew more rapidly than housing costs in suburban metropolitan neighborhoods. At the same time, the vast majority... By VALENTINE GILBERT
Affordability Boston’s Housing Challenge: Affordability, Availability Monday, September 23, 2013 Housing availability in Boston has been a particular passion for outgoing Mayor Thomas Menino, who... By KERRY DONAHUE
Housing Markets & Conditions The Metropolitan Revolution Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Next Wednesday, September 25 , I will be coming to Harvard to share a message: there is a... By BRUCE KATZ
Housing Markets & Conditions Despite Upswing in City Population Growth Rates, Suburbs Still Outpace Cities in Numerical Growth Wednesday, August 21, 2013 The Census Bureau recently released 2012 population estimates for cities and towns to complement the... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability A Housing Recovery, but Not for All Americans Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Driven by rising home prices and growing demand, the U.S. housing recovery is well underway... By ERIC BELSKY
Housing Markets & Conditions Strong Demand for Rental Housing Driving Gains in Multifamily Construction Thursday, June 13, 2013 As the housing recovery gains momentum, one encouraging sign has been the strong return of... By ELLEN MARYA
Aging Are More Older Americans Retiring with Mortgage Debt? Thursday, June 6, 2013 As the first wave of baby boomers prepare for retirement, it would be easy to assume that they’ve... By IRENE LEW
Homeownership Building a New System of Housing Finance Thursday, May 23, 2013 The JCHS research team is busy these days, putting the finishing touches on the 2013 State of the... By SARAH ROSEN WARTELL
Homeownership Foreclosures: The Great Untold Story Tuesday, April 30, 2013 From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. Today’s post, written by... By CHRIS ARNOLD
Homeownership How Much Did LTVs Actually Rise During the Housing Boom? Friday, April 5, 2013 The rise in housing prices that appears to be taking hold in many parts of the country is an... By CHRIS HERBERT
