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W06-2: Over the past 15 years, builder consolidation has dramatically changed the home building industry. In addition to improved financial performance, the adoption of…

In any given year, some 34 million US households make their homes in rental housing. Like the general population, renters are highly diverse in demographic and income terms,…

House prices, residential investment, and home sales all set records again in 2004. But higher short-term interest rates and the strongest one-year price appreciation since…

Chambers of commerce can play an important role in addressing workforce housing needs. Indeed, many of them are doing so --- particularly in communities in which high housing…

Even with the ups and downs of the broader economy, growth in spending on residential remodeling and repairs has been remarkably steady. In fact, the home improvement…

Despite job losses in the rest of the economy, housing had another record-breaking year in 2003. Home sales, single-family housing starts, residential fixed investment,…

Mexico is at a crossroads. Restoration of macroeconomic stability and economic growth, coupled with strong commitment to housing reforms, provides the nation with a unique…

With investors focused primarily on the upper segment and policymakers on the lower, the middle of the rental housing market has gone largely unexamined. Nonetheless, the 14…

Today’s mortgage market bears little resemblance to the one that existed just a decade ago. Key changes include the increasing use of automated underwriting, credit scoring,…

W04-3: The past several years have seen dramatic changes in the distribution of residential building products, particularly as it relates to dealers serving homebuilders…