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
Demographics & Projections Variable Population Growth is Driving an Uneven Housing Recovery in the Nation’s Large Metropolitan Areas Friday, October 23, 2015 We easily accept the proposition that the housing recovery will be greatest in parts of the country... By GEORGE MASNICK
Affordability Enterprise and JCHS Project Renter Burdens in 2025 Monday, September 21, 2015 Earlier today, Enterprise Community Partners and the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies... By CHRIS HERBERT, ANDREW JAKABOVICS
Demographics & Projections Where Are All the Homes? Demographic Underpinnings of the Lack of For-Sale Inventory Friday, September 18, 2015 One of the challenges faced by housing markets has been a persistent lack of inventory of homes for... By DANIEL MCCUE
Demographics & Projections For Housing Demographers It’s All About the Data – But Sometimes the Data Come Up Woefully Short Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Housing demographers are often frustrated by data that range from inconsistent to totally... By GEORGE MASNICK
Demographics & Projections Reconciling Different Household Counts from Census Bureau Surveys Monday, July 13, 2015 One of the major challenges faced by housing analysts and demographers is the lack of consistency... By DANIEL MCCUE
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 The Rise of the Single-Person Household Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Perhaps nothing speaks greater volume about changes in modern American life than the rise of the... By GEORGE MASNICK
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 Some Thoughts on a Surprising Household Growth Estimate Thursday, February 19, 2015 Many media outlets and blogs (including our own ), have reported on the results of the Housing... By DANIEL MCCUE