Who Said It was Easy?
Housing, interest rates and capital flows: impacts and interrelationships Executive Summary: In four decades of studying housing markets, I’ve learned two things about today’s topic. First, everyone...
Facts Fears and the Urban Future
The complex role of immigration in our cities Executive Summary: Overall the benefits of immigration, like the benefits of foreign trade, are positive and robust. Another similarity with trade is that...
A Higher Level Look at IZ
Photo Credit: Peter Funnell (gettyimages) Will inclusionary zoning (IZ) help solve our affordability problems? Executive Summary: A month ago we took a broad look at housing “affordability” at Rutgers...
Digging Deeper on Rent Controls
Taking the long view on New Jersey's housing affordability Two weeks ago we took a broad look at housing “affordability” at Rutgers’ BlogˑRE. It surely surprised very few readers that we found that...
Is the American Dream affordable?
A first look at housing “affordability” in New Jersey and the United States Eight out of ten Americans flag “housing affordability” as a problem, with six of those ten labeling the problem “serious.”...