February 20, 2026
Capital Gains Rules on Home Sales and Senior Homeowner Lock In
Would ending the capital gains lock-in for senior homeowners free up larger homes for families?…
February 10, 2026
Trump Houses Are a Good Idea—If
Facing public concern about high home purchase prices, the Trump Administration is said to be…
January 9, 2026
President Trump and Institutional Investors in Single-Family Rentals
President Trump has expressed understandable concern with the state of the single-family housing market that…
November 25, 2025
NAR Says the Typical First-Time Homebuyer Age Was 40 This Year, Up from 33 in 2021—but Is This Accurate?
It is a challenging time to become a first-time homebuyer (FTB).1 Recent age data from…
November 12, 2025
Three Years Later, Permanent Rate Buydowns Continue to Prop Up New Home Prices
When mortgage rates surged in early 2022, most sellers faced an uncomfortable reality: Affordability had…
October 2, 2025
Housing Affordability? Build, Baby, Build
Plain and simple (if not so easy politically): The cure for America’s housing crisis isn’t…
September 25, 2025
Time to Build … New US Cities
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, It’s unfortunate: America has forgotten how to build cities, or…
September 25, 2025
Three Levers to Unlock 1.5 Million Homes a Year
Earlier this month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AEI Housing Center released Strong Foundations:…
September 2, 2025
Trump Can Do a Lot to Reduce Homelessness
President Trump has come out swinging on homelessness. After taking small steps to peel back the homelessness…
June 5, 2025
More Evidence of How Housing Regulation Is Bad for Housing
The American Dream’s geographic escape hatch is slamming shut. New research reveals that once-affordable sunbelt…
July 29, 2024
The Real Impact of Zoning and Land Use Reforms Contrary to the Urban Institute’s Claims
Not in my backyard (NIMBY) adherents across the country are beginning to weaponize a recent Urban Institute study that…
February 15, 2024
Harvard (Mis)Leading Housing Study
Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies is back with its annual State of the Nation’s…