Higher Mortgage Rates Were Supposed to Cool Home Prices. How ‘Rate Lock-In Effect’ Got in the Way
When the Federal Reserve began aggressively raising interest rates in 2022, many analysts expected home prices to fall. But they ...
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Report: Immigration Slowdown Could Reduce U.S. Housing Demand by 1.7M Households Over Next Decade
Households headed by immigrants have accounted for roughly three-quarters of housing demand growth since 2010, but a new Harvard analysis ...
Harvard Study Tracks Nonprofit Developers’ Embrace of Factory-Built Homes
As housing remains unaffordable for many across the United States—and new construction hit a recent low on the back of ...
Home Prices Reach Five Times Higher Than Median U.S. Income
In 2024, the median price for a single-family home in the United States grew to five times more than the ...
Young Buyers Hold Key to Housing Market’s Next Decade as Growth Slows Across Board
Homeownership rates are likely to stall over the next decade as younger adults struggle to overcome affordability challenges. That’s according ...
Broker Confidence Plummets as Affordability Smothers Markets
Broker confidence tumbled to a two-and-a-half year low in June, according to RISMedia’s most recent survey of real estate business ...
Solving the Housing Crisis: Harvard Expert Panel Discusses Paths to Solutions
The housing crisis persists into 2025, but many in the industry are hoping to start pressing on the brakes and ...
The State of the ‘Housing Crisis’: Leading Researchers Discuss Evolution and Potential Future
Housing is in crisis, and it has been for the past few years. While the term “housing crisis” itself sparks ...
Former HUD Secretary Calls to Address Housing Shortage and Homelessness
Housing remains out of reach for too many Americans, according to former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia ...
Report: More Renters Faced Steep Affordability Challenges in 2023
Renting has traditionally been thought of as an intermediate stage to homeowning, where a renter saves up before they’re ready ...
Condo or House? Helping Clients Decide Which Makes More Sense
With home prices still elevated in much of the country, condos have become more realistic for buyers determined to exit the rental train. Read more.
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