Housing Market
St. Louis' Multi-Family Market Ready for Takeoff
Permits to rehab existing multi-family buildings have skyrocketed in St. Louis.
Housing Market Recovery Still Lagging for Minority Borrowers
The recovery from the housing crisis of the Great Recession has proven uneven in more ways than one. One not insignificant feature: less lending to minority homebuyers.
Glut of New Supply Shaking Up the Apartment Market
An industry report finds rising vacancies rates and lots of new supply coming down the pipeline. Could the nation's renters finally be in the market for some relief on the cost of housing?
The Top 10 Cities for Millennial Homebuyers—Starting With Des Moines
A list of cities with the highest percentage of homebuyers described by the category of Millennial is conspicuously absent of expensive, coastal cities.
Washington, D.C. Housing Boom Only Serving One End of the Market
A post on Greater Greater Washington laments the lack of options coming online in Washington, D.C.'s housing boom—new housing is only of the most expensive variety.
Is Sluggish Single-Family Housing Construction Slowing the Economy?
The Wall Street Journal implies a take on the U.S. economy that might make some urbanists uncomfortable: more single-family construction is necessary for a full economic recovery.
Household Formation on the Rise—For a Surprising Reason
Writing for the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at U.C. Berkeley, Jed Kolko breaks down the data on recent trends in household formation.
Strong Housing Market a Lesson in Contrasts to the Slumping Oil Industry
Houston's housing market is chugging along, although one of the area's key industries is struggling.
New Research on Airbnb's Impact on the San Francisco Housing Market
The San Francisco Chronicle published a large, magazine-style feature detailing the impacts of Airbnb on the city's housing market.
Report: San Francisco Bleeding Affordable Units
San Francisco loses eight affordable units for every ten it creates according to a new report by the San Francisco Planning Department.
Things Don't Change That Fast—Including the Housing Market
Digging into the data to get beyond the misleading notion of radical change in development patterns.
Looking for (and Finding) Positives in the U.S. Housing Market
Quartz shares a collection of data showing reasons for optimism on the road to a long, slow recovery.
Harvard Report: U.S. Housing Recovery Losing Momentum
The State of the Nation's Housing, a closely watched report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, was released to the public today.
Report: Rents Rising Faster Than Home Values
A housing report by Zillow finds that rents are growing faster—much faster, in some cases—than home values.
San Francisco Rebooting its Airbnb Regulation Efforts
Despite approving legislation to regulate short-term rentals in October 2014, San Francisco must go back to the drawing board to find legislation that works. Stay tuned.
Debate: YIMBY vs. Preservation in New York City
New York magazine recently convened a debate between two leading voices of an ongoing conversation in New York City: what to build and what to preserve.
Study: NIMBYs Stunt the National Economy
A new study calculates the national consequences of restrictive housing regulations in three cities: San Francisco, New York, and San Jose.
ULI Takes the Country's Pulse with 'America in 2015' Report
With the recently released America in 2015 report, the Urban Land Institute undertakes a broad survey to discover what Americans are looking for in their communities.
Survey: Interest in Buying a Home Hits All-Time Low
Despite many signs of a housing recovery around the country, the most recent survey by Fannie Mae indicates that more Americans than ever aren't sold on the idea of owning a home.
Dallas: City of Renters
The explosive growth of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area in recent years has mostly gone toward rental housing, and now the area has one of the lowest homeownership rates in the country.
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