Remodeling Upturn to Carry into 2022 Thursday, April 15, 2021 Growth in improvement and repair expenditures to owner-occupied homes is expected to remain solid throughout the year and into 2022, according to our latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity... By ABBE WILL
Remodeling Specialty Replacement Remodelers Likely to See More Consistent Business Performance During Market Downturn Tuesday, July 28, 2020 As the residential remodeling industry is once again mired in a slump, we expect many home... By ABBE WILL
Housing Markets & Conditions Beautiful Politics but Ugly Policy: The Role of the Implied Guarantee Subsidy in FHLB Membership Monday, July 27, 2020 In February of this year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), regulator of Freddie Mac... By DON LAYTON
Affordability New Strains on Home Utilities During the Pandemic Thursday, July 23, 2020 As people spend more time at home during the quarantines and shutdowns related to the COVID-19... By RIORDAN FROST
Remodeling Pandemic Leaves Many Remodelers Concerned About Revenue and Survivorship Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Most residential remodeling firms experienced reduced business activity during the first three... By SOPHIA WEDEEN
Remodeling Pandemic to Weigh on Home Remodeling Spending Through Mid-Year 2021 Thursday, July 16, 2020 Expenditures for improvements and repairs to owner-occupied homes are expected to slow by the middle... By ABBE WILL
Neighborhood Change Using a Buyout Strategy to Make Houston More Resilient Thursday, July 9, 2020 The city of Houston could better protect and aid the approximately 18,000 people who live in the... By ERICA VILAY, PHIL POLLMAN
Affordability A Triple Pandemic? The Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Disproportionately Affect Black and Hispanic Households Tuesday, July 7, 2020 As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black and Hispanic households have been more likely to lose... By SHARON CORNELISSEN, ALEXANDER HERMANN
Housing Markets & Conditions Demystifying GSE Credit Risk Transfer: Special Interests and Politicization Monday, July 6, 2020 My third, and final, paper demystifying the single-family mortgage credit risk transfer (CRT)... By DON LAYTON
Affordability Using the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey to Assess the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on America’s Households Thursday, July 2, 2020 By the end of May, 44 percent of the nation’s households lost employment income as a result of the... By ALEXANDER HERMANN, SHARON CORNELISSEN
