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Reports Highlight Need for Affordable Housing Preservation Near Transit

Two recent reports emphasize the need to preserve and construct affordable housing around new and proposed Transit Oriented Developments. Maintaining Diversity in America’s Transit-Rich Neighborhoods, by Northeastern University’s Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, examines changes in 42…

Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates are on the Rise in Metro Areas

A new commentary on foreclosure and delinquency rates nationwide was published by MetroTrends, the Urban Institute’s web-based report card on social and economic trends in metropolitan America. The data provide a comprehensive look at housing market stress by investigating the number of seriously…

Harvard Study: Household Growth and New Home Projections Reduced for 2010

A September 2010 working paper released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University presents updated household growth projections for 2010 to 2020 based on trends established after the onset of the recent recession. These projections continue to show sizeable demand for new…

New Housing Survey from Fannie Mae Shows Increased Preference for Renting

Fannie Mae has released its latest National Housing Survey, which was conducted in June and July 2010 to measure American consumers’ confidence in homeownership as an investment, the current state of respondents’ household finances, and views on the U.S. housing market and the overall economic…