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HousingWire

Harvard: Americans have more equity, less mortgage debt

Americans now have nearly as much home equity as they did when levels peaked before the housing crisis, according to a recent study on the state of the nation’s housing market from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Forbes

Millennials Will Reshape The New Home Market

A new study by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing studies notes that the rate of household formation is now finally rising in line with population growth, with annual gains of nearly 200,000 on average since 2015.

The New York Times

A New Approach on Housing Affordability

A growing number of Americans are struggling to cope with the high and rising cost of rental housing in the United States. Democratic presidential candidates are promoting industrial-strength plans to ease the pain. The ideas come in two flavors: subsidies for renters, and efforts to increase construction.

Marketplace

Demand for apartments hits 5-year high

Overall the share of renters has fallen for the past two years, as homeownership has increased, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies, but that's after years of growth in renters following the recession and foreclosure crisis.

Los Angeles Times

Rents on controlled apartments in Los Angeles can now rise 4%. Blame inflation

As of this week, landlords of Los Angeles rent-controlled buildings can raise rent by 4%, the first time in a decade the annual cap isn't 3%. The larger increase reflects higher inflation levels and comes as rising rents have been blamed for crimping household budgets and driving people into homelessness.