October 28, 2015
California Dreamin’ of Affordable Housing
Yesterday, I blogged about the affordable housing crisis in New York City. Today, I look at a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, How Housing Vouchers Can Help Address California’s Rental Crisis. It opens, California’s severe shortage … Continue reading
October 28, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
October 27, 2015
Primer on NYC Affordability Crisis
Enterprise has released a report, 2015 New York City Housing Security Profile and Affordability Housing Gap Analysis. Its conclusions are not shocking, but they are sobering: Of 2 million renter households in New York City, nearly 640,000 are low-income and … Continue reading
October 27, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
October 23, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The National Housing Conference released its 2015 “Paycheck to Paycheck” report, which reports how the gap between housing and wages has increased. The National Bureau of Economic Research released a working paper, Housing Booms and Busts, Labor Market Opportunities, and … Continue reading
October 23, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
October 21, 2015
Buy-To-Rent Investing
James Mills, Raven Molloy and Rebecca Zarutskie have posted Large-Scale Buy-to-Rent Investors in the Single-Family Housing Market: The Emergence of a New Asset Class? to SSRN. The abstract reads, In 2012, several large firms began purchasing single-family homes with the … Continue reading
October 21, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Clustered Housing Cycles, Ruben Hernandez-Murillo, Michael Owyang & Margarita Rubio, FRB St. Louis Paper No. FEDLWP2-13-021. Crowding Out Effects of Refinancing on New Purchase Mortgages, Steven A. Sharpe & Shane M. Sherlund, FEDS Working Paper No. FEDGFE2015-17. The Determinants of … Continue reading
October 21, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
October 14, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Pricing Residential Real Estate Derivatives, Mark Michael Richter. Local House Prices and Mental Health, Nayan Krishna Joshi, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2015. Why Did So Many Subprime Borrowers Default During the Crisis: Loose Credit or Plummeting … Continue reading
October 14, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
October 9, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
The National Resource Network, NYU Wagner and the Urban Institute released a report, Striking a (Local) Grand Bargain, “that offers a new way for cities and anchor institutions to collaborate on projects.” Anchor institutions include universities, medical centers and hospitals. … Continue reading
October 9, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
