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Marketplace

Rents are actually, finally holding steady — for now

Alexander Hermann at Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies said where you live also makes a big difference. “Austin's the poster child for rents declining right now, right,” Hermann said. “And there are other markets, especially in the South, but also in the West, where you see rent declines. But every single market in the Northeast and Midwest continue to see their rents rise.”

Time Out

A new map shows which states Americans are moving to and from

Domestic migration—moving from one state to another—has hit a historic low. According to the latest housing report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, just 8.3-percent of households relocated in the past year. That’s not only the lowest rate since the 1970s, it’s a sign of a broader slowdown in how Americans are reshaping the map.

Bloomberg

California Is Running Out of Safe Places to Build Homes Due to Fires, Rising Seas

“The signals are starting to happen now, and we're starting to see limited development because of the better understanding of what the risks are,” said Carlos Martín, director of the Remodeling Futures Program at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. “It's really a fine-tooth comb that you have to look through, in terms of all the available land.”

The Irish Times

If long-term renting is such a good solution, why don’t more politicians do it?

Ignoring for a moment the significant pain that will be inflicted on all tenants while enacting this strategy of building housing that the majority of renters do not want, recent research from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found that the benefits of the construction of new apartments for rent does not find its way down to help those who need affordable rents. Given previous rent inflation, it is highly unlikely rents will fall here in any meaningful way, if at all.

Newsweek

Map Shows States Americans Are Moving From and To

This year's State of the Nation's Housing report, released earlier this week by the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University, found that the movement of Americans across the country has declined in 2024 all across the country, including in the states that are traditionally the most popular among movers.

USA Today

America's housing is pulling further out of reach, report finds

A new report from one of the nation’s premiere housing research groups confirms what many of us already know: residential real estate is pulling further away from ordinary Americans, becoming more expensive, less attainable, and increasingly stymying efforts to make a market that works for everyone. The State of the Nation’s Housing 2025, from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, lays out the numbers in stark detail.

Newsweek

Harvard's Housing Market Study Flags Worrying Trends—'Shocking'

The housing affordability crisis that has been keeping the dream of homeownership out of reach for millions of Americans over the past few years is unlikely to ease "anytime soon," according to a new report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The State of the Nation's Housing 2025 found that sky-high home prices—which are still rising at the national level—historically elevated mortgage rates, and rising home insurance premiums and property taxes are still keeping Americans on the sidelines of the market, despite growing inventory.