Research Associate II
Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center
Rebecca Grace is a research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities policy center at the Urban Institute. Since arriving at the Urban Institute, she has analyzed a range of policy topics, including foreclosure prevention, built environments and vulnerable populations, and the role of arts and culture in communities. Ms. Grace has contributed to projects studying the foreclosure crisis in the District of Columbia metropolitan region, the return on investment for women and girls in the U.S., and how to better allocated resources to assist local homeless families.
Ms. Grace graduated in 2010 from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan with a Master of Arts in Economics. While in graduate school, she studied low-income homeownership and the effects of neighborhoods on child outcomes in the metropolitan-Denver region.
Publications
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Foreclosure Indicators by Servicer in Prince George's County (Research Report)Using a series of maps, Foreclosure Indicators by Servicer in Prince George's County highlights how foreclosure indicators – including share of notices, days delinquent, and amount to cure - vary by servicer in Prince George's County, Maryland. Among other findings, our analysis of loan-level Notice of Intent to Foreclose (NOI) filings from July 2011 through June 2012 revealed stark contrasts in when mortgage servicers issue NOIs. These differences in servicer behavior could have serious implications for troubled homeowners and whether they can keep their homes. This analysis is a continuation of NeighborhoodInfo DC's ongoing tracking of the foreclosure crisis in the Washington, D.C. region.
| Posted to Web: November 26, 2012 | Publication Date: November 26, 2012 |
Foreclosures in Prince George's County: 2011 (Research Report)Foreclosures in Prince George's County: 2011 is the second in a three-part series about Prince George's County, Maryland published by NeighborhoodInfo DC. This brief addresses the persistent effects of the national foreclosure and credit crisis of 2008 by summarizing foreclosure activity in Prince George's County throughout 2011 using the latest loan-level Notice of Intent to Foreclose data. We provide countywide averages, as well as the individual changes in the county's ZIP codes. A special focus of this publication is the attorneys general settlement and mortgage servicers in Prince George's County.
| Posted to Web: August 02, 2012 | Publication Date: August 02, 2012 |
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Foreclosure Monitor - Summer 2011 (Research Report)The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Foreclosure Monitor and its accompanying County Profiles are co-published quarterly by NeighborhoodInfo DC and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The Monitor gives a snapshot of the impact of foreclosures on the region, as well as broader sales market trends. The Washington, D.C. metropolitan area continued to experience historically high rates of foreclosure and mortgage delinquency through the first quarter of 2011, while shares of delinquent loans continued to fall slowly. The region's housing market seems to have bottomed-out, but continuing economic worries could result in a sluggish recovery.
| Posted to Web: August 25, 2011 | Publication Date: August 18, 2011 |
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Foreclosure Monitor, Winter 2011 (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Foreclosure Monitor and its accompanying County Profiles are co-published quarterly by NeighborhoodInfo DC and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The Monitor gives a snapshot of the impact of foreclosures on the region, as well as broader sales market trends. The Washington, D.C. metropolitan area continued to experience historically high rates of foreclosure and mortgage delinquency through 2010. The housing market appears to have stabilized in many parts of the region over the past year.
| Posted to Web: March 22, 2011 | Publication Date: March 16, 2011 |
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