Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 24, 2025
The US housing market is shrouded in uncertainty. High home prices and interest rates have pushed sales to their lowest level in 30 years; insurance premiums and property…
Patricia Bravo Morales, Samara Scheckler, Jennifer Molinsky
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June 9, 2025
This research examines the factors influencing older Hispanic homeowners' capacity to transfer housing equity to the next generation, potentially facilitating homeownership…
Samara Scheckler, Peyton Whitney, Jennifer Molinsky
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May 20, 2025
While the majority of older adults will need care and assistance at some point in their lives, services for tasks such as dressing and bathing are affordable to only a very…
Missing middle housing—a term referring to the building types between a single-family home and a mid-rise apartment building—is increasingly viewed by policymakers, housing…
There were temporary shifts in residential mobility during the pandemic, including an increase in moves in early 2020, heightened homeowner moves through 2021, and an…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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March 20, 2025
The US remodeling market soared above $600 billion in the wake of the pandemic and remains 50 percent above pre-pandemic levels. Nonetheless, industry fragmentation,…
Daniel McCue, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Peyton Whitney
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February 24, 2025
Housing affordability is a growing concern for homeowners. While high home prices and mortgage interest rates have forced first-time buyers to stretch their budgets, longtime…
Leonardo D'Amico, Maxim Alekseev
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January 12, 2025
What drives the integration of national financial markets, and what are its consequences for regional growth? We digitize and collect US state-level banking data from 1953 to…
This paper presents detailed projections for household growth in years 2025–2035 and 2035–2045 along with the data and methodology used to create them. The primary finding is…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen
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December 16, 2024
The number of cost-burdened renter households has reached a new record high, further deepening the affordability challenge that accelerated during the pandemic. Across all…