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
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
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
Affordability Will Student Loan Debt Keep Young People from Buying Homes? Wednesday, February 6, 2013 The sharp rise in student loan debt over the last decade has caught everyone’s attention – the... By CHRIS HERBERT
Homeownership Homeownership’s Appeal Endures through the Housing Bust: A Key Question is Why? Wednesday, September 19, 2012 The beating the U.S. housing market has taken in recent years inevitably raises the question: do... By CHRIS HERBERT
Homeownership The Linchpin of the Housing Recovery Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Credit is the lifeblood of housing. Without credit, housing does not get built and home buying is... By ERIC BELSKY