Rental Housing Unaffordability: How Did We Get Here? Tuesday, March 26, 2024 As we noted in our most recent report, America’s Rental Housing 2024 , the number of cost-burdened renters hit a record high in 2022 as half of all households spent more than 30 percent of their... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI
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
Housing Markets & Conditions The GSE Stress Test Results: Good News but Troubling Decisions Tuesday, August 31, 2021 On August 13 th the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of the two government... By DON LAYTON
Housing Markets & Conditions Five Major Findings in the 2021 State of the Nation’s Housing Report Thursday, July 22, 2021 Our annual State of the Nation’s Housing report aims to encapsulate a year’s worth of trends and... By DANIEL MCCUE
Housing Markets & Conditions Interactive Chart Shows the Widespread Rise in Home Prices Since the Start of the Pandemic Thursday, July 8, 2021 Home prices have soared since the start of the pandemic, as documented in our new State of the... By ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions Panelists Discuss The State of the Nation's Housing in Livestreamed Event Thursday, June 17, 2021 As the US economy continues to recover from the effects of the pandemic, households that weathered... By DANIEL MCCUE, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions The FHFA Report on Credit Risk Transfer: Another Controversial Document from the Agency Friday, May 28, 2021 The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of the two government... By DON LAYTON