Harnessing the Potential of Manufactured Housing to Expand Entry-Level Homeownership Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Last year, James Shen, Chris Herbert and I co-authored a paper that showed that manufactured housing offers significantly reduced construction costs compared to conventional site-built homes. As home... By CHADWICK REED
Homeownership Update on Homeownership Wealth Trajectories Through the Housing Boom and Bust Thursday, February 18, 2016 The housing crisis and ensuing Great Recession of the late 2000s resulted in millions of homeowners... By DANIEL MCCUE
Affordability Homebuying Affordability Strong in Many Metros but First-Time Buyers Face Financial Hurdles Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Stagnant incomes and tight credit since the recession have worked in tandem to keep many renters... By ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
Homeownership Homeownership Rates Drop to Historic Lows; Middle Class Feels the Strain of Rising Rents Wednesday, June 24, 2015 The fledgling U.S. housing recovery lost momentum last year as homeownership rates continued to fall... By CHRIS HERBERT
Affordability Homeownership and Affordable Housing a Key Part of Upward Mobility, but Hard to Come By Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Earlier this week, the MacArthur Foundation released the results of its third annual How Housing... By JENNIFER MOLINSKY
Aging Are Baby Boomers Propping Up the Homeownership Rate? Wednesday, May 27, 2015 The US homeownership rate peaked in late 2004 and has been in a steady decline ever since, dropping... By ROCIO SANCHEZ-MOYANO
Demographics & Projections What is Driving the Decline in Homownership Among Young Adults, and What Can be Done About it? Wednesday, March 4, 2015 The homeownership rate for young adults ages 25 to 34, which rose from 45 percent in the mid-1990s... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Demographics & Projections Homeownership Rates Continue to Decline, but Minority Owners Still Better Off than Before the Housing Boom Thursday, February 5, 2015 The Census Bureau recently released its 2014 Q4 Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS) data, giving us a... By RACHEL BOGARDUS DREW
Homeownership 11+ Million Undocumented Immigrants in the U.S. Could Be Important for the Housing Recovery Friday, January 23, 2015 President Obama’s recent announcement that he will take executive action on immigration could be an... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability What Effect Will Lower FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Have on First-Time Homebuyers? Thursday, January 22, 2015 As mentioned in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)... By DANIEL MCCUE