CAMBRIDGE, MA – The coming year is expected to be another robust one for residential renovations and repairs with growth accelerating as the year progresses
CAMBRIDGE, MA and WASHINGTON, DC – A decade of unprecedented growth in the rental housing market may be coming to an end, according to the 2017 America’s Rental Housing report
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Accelerating growth in residential improvement and repair expenditures is anticipated through the third quarter of 2018, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released today by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The LIRA projects that annual gains in home renovation and repair spending will increase from 6.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 7.7 percent by the third quarter of next year.
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Healthy and stable growth in home improvement and repair spending is anticipated for the remainder of the year and into the first half of 2018, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released today by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The LIRA projects that annual increases in remodeling expenditures will soften somewhat moving forward, but still remain at or above 6.0 percent through the second quarter of 2018.
Cambridge, MA – A decade after the onset of the Great Recession, the national housing market has, by many measures, returned to normal, according to the latest State of the Nation’s Housing report, released today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Housing demand, home prices, and construction volumes are all on the rise, and the number of distressed homeowners has fallen sharply.
Doctoral students studying housing and mortgage markets, homeless youth, technological disruption in housing markets, and how the globalization of call centers is affecting urban development patterns have been named 2017 John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellows by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, which advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy through its research, education, and public outreach programs, is pleased to announce its 2017 Summer Fellows:
Cambridge, MA – Strong gains in home remodeling and repair activity are expected to ease moving into next year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released today by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
Cambridge, MA – Carol Tomé, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Home Depot, is the new chair of The Policy Advisory Board (PAB) of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Tome’s tenure began last month when the PAB held its winter meeting in Washington, DC.
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Homeowner spending on remodeling is expected to see healthy growth through 2025, according to Demographic Change and the Remodeling Outlook, the latest biennial report in the Improving America’s Housing series released today by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studie
