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
Remodeling When it Comes to Home Remodeling, Younger Generations Aren’t Doing it Themselves Wednesday, December 5, 2012 In the world of home improvement activity, do-it-yourselfers (DIY) have become a very important... By KERMIT BAKER
Demographics & Projections Defining the Generations Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Demographers and other analysts have yet to reach a consensus about how we define post-WWII... By GEORGE MASNICK
Neighborhood Change The Promise of Big Data for Accelerating ‘Prosperity Development’ Monday, November 19, 2012 From time to time, Housing Perspectives features posts by guest bloggers. This post was written by... By BEN HECHT
Housing Markets & Conditions Cities are Growing but Sprawl Continues Wednesday, November 14, 2012 The 2010 decennial Census provided new data to look at urban growth patterns over the past decade... By DANIEL MCCUE
Demographics & Projections Mind the Gap: The Importance of Over and Under Counts in Interpreting Decennial Census Results Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Every ten years the Decennial Census provides a definitive count of the country’s population and... By GEORGE MASNICK
Demographics & Projections The Resurrection of Household Growth: The Missing Link in the Housing Recovery Monday, November 5, 2012 New survey data released by the Census Bureau last week provides more strong evidence that the... By CHRIS HERBERT
Affordability Crafting a New Rental Policy: Lessons from US Housing Policy History Wednesday, October 31, 2012 As the United States continues to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Aging As Baby Boomers Age in Place, They Will Increase Their Influence in the Home Improvement Market Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Over the coming decade, the home improvement market will increasingly rely on older homeowners to... By KERMIT BAKER
Remodeling Home Remodeling Spending Set to Accelerate Thursday, October 18, 2012 An improving housing market and record low interest rates are driving projections of strong gains in... By ABBE WILL
