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September 4, 2024
…cost and without unintended consequences. Edward Pinto is the senior fellow and codirector of the American Enterprise Institute Housing Center. Tobias Peter is the senior fellow and codirector of the…
May 6, 2024
Summary: 1) Seattle has been underbuilding for the last decade (and likely even longer) and it needs to build more housing than the targets set in the comp plan. 2)…
February 22, 2024
…Corinth and Edward J. Pinto and the Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards discussed the LIHTC’s limitations; it has historically created a small amount of costly, poorly targeted housing units. The system…
January 17, 2024
It is an election year and Congress will soon consider two bipartisan bills to address high rental costs for many renters. The first is the Workforce Housing Tax Credit (WFHTC)…
September 21, 2023
PDF to full report Key takeaways: National YoY HPA for August 2023 was 4.5%, up from 3.8% a month ago and down from 10.2% a year ago. Historically, HPA in…
September 12, 2023
PDF to full report Key takeaways: The median purchase rate rose 1/8 ppts. over the past week to 7 1/8%. Mortgage News Daily reported a daily avg. 30-year rate of…
July 21, 2023
PDF to full report Key takeaways: Year-over-Year (YoY) HPA was 2.9% in June 2023, up from 2.1% a month ago and down from 14.3% a year ago. Historically, HPA in…
July 18, 2023
In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, my colleague Ed Pinto and I recently raised alarms about how the Biden administration is doubling down on the same failed policies that preceded…
May 23, 2023
The Biden administration is making moves that could imperil the safety of the housing finance system. Recent mortgage pricing changes, which have generally decreased fees for borrowers with lower credit…