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Negative Mortgage Interest Rates in the US? Unlikely but Possible

In Denmark, mortgage rates are negative 0.5 percent, and rates on sovereign debt are negative in many other European countries.
Housing and Housing Finance

Three Tips for Tackling Local Housing Affordability Challenges

The affordable housing crisis is a national problem, but the root causes and solutions are tied to local action.
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Housing Codes Should Protect Public Health, Not Penalize Low-Income Homeowners

A recent Vice article featured a low-income homeowner who's facing jail time because she couldn't afford home repairs.
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Will New Statewide Rent Control Laws Decrease Housing Supply?

Rent control’s revival has reinvigorated a polarized debate on its efficacy.
Housing and Housing Finance

Three Ways Fintech Is Changing Homebuying—And Three Important Questions

Venture capital in real estate technology skyrocketed from $20 million in 2008 to $3.4 billion in 2017.
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How Debt Burden Affects FHA Mortgage Repayment, in Six Charts

Should the FHA tighten credit to lower the average debt-to-income ratio for its insured loans?
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The Surge of Investors in Single-Family Homes Raises Three Concerns

Last year, investors purchased one-fifth of all single-family starter homes on the market, double the number they bought 20 years ago.
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Rents Are Too High. Here Are Three Ways to Get the Data We Need to Fix That.

Where are rents increasing fastest? And what effects do policies have on local rental markets?
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Mortgage Debt Has Peaked. Why Has the Share of Homeowners with a Mortgage Fallen to a 13-Year Low?

The household-owned value of the housing market is now higher than the pre-crisis peak of $22.68 trillion in 2006.
Housing and Housing Finance

How a Proposed Rule Would Make It Harder to Fight Housing Discrimination

A HUD proposal would make it easier for businesses and policymakers to escape liability when using algorithms to make housing decisions.

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