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
Housing Markets & Conditions The Return of Substandard Housing Wednesday, February 27, 2013 The magnitude of the housing bust that began in the middle of the past decade is well documented... By KERMIT BAKER
Homeownership Watch the Inventory – and the Investors Wednesday, February 13, 2013 As housing demand has been coming up, the inventory of homes for sale on the market has been going... By ERIC BELSKY
Housing Markets & Conditions Completing the Housing Market Reform Agenda Wednesday, January 16, 2013 End of year festivities and Congressional budget deliberations in 2012 unfortunately diverted... By WILLIAM APGAR
Housing Markets & Conditions Sizing Housing’s Role in the Economy Before and After Recessions Wednesday, December 19, 2012 The most direct measure of housing’s impact on the economy is Residential Fixed Investment (RFI)... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability More Working Americans Struggling to Afford Housing Thursday, December 13, 2012 With growth in incomes lagging growth in housing and utility costs, the share of Americans spending... By ERIC BELSKY
Housing Markets & Conditions Cities are Growing but Sprawl Continues Wednesday, November 14, 2012 The 2010 decennial Census provided new data to look at urban growth patterns over the past decade... By DANIEL MCCUE
Demographics & Projections Mind the Gap: The Importance of Over and Under Counts in Interpreting Decennial Census Results Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Every ten years the Decennial Census provides a definitive count of the country’s population and... By GEORGE MASNICK
Demographics & Projections The Resurrection of Household Growth: The Missing Link in the Housing Recovery Monday, November 5, 2012 New survey data released by the Census Bureau last week provides more strong evidence that the... By CHRIS HERBERT
Housing Markets & Conditions Strong Cities, Strong Communities Monday, October 15, 2012 From time to time, Housing Perspectives will feature posts by guest bloggers. We are pleased that... By ERIKA POETHIG
