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An affordable home with interest rate graph in background and dollar signs in the yard
How higher property taxes increase home affordability
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
November 14, 2024
Article
An exterior view of the backside and courtyard of a newly constructed apartment complex. The building has a modern-looking facade clad in shades of red, gray, and white, with stone accents, and the courtyard features sidewalks, a cluster of light blue playground equipment, and a group of picnic tables. The day is clear and sunny.
In Greater Minnesota, apartment owners’ operating costs rise as small cities “scream for more housing”
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Christina Spicher | Intern, Community Development and Engagement
November 12, 2024
Article
Staff Reports
Mass Production of Houses in Factories in the United States: The First and Only “Experiment” Was a Tremendous Success
Elena Falcettoni | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System James A. Schmitz, Jr. | Senior Research Economist Mark L. J. Wright | Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
September 30, 2024
Research
side-by-side images of a map graphic and an overhead view of a new housing development under construction
Reforming Land Use Regulation to Encourage Housing Supply
Event on October 1, 2024
Event
In an attractive, brightly lit home interior, a mature woman adjusts her thermostat. She is of Asian descent and is wearing a white button-down shirt with a brown and black plaid pattern. n
Non-mortgage costs were 40 percent of housing budgets through 2021
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
August 16, 2024
Article
On a sunny summer day, several small, older, bungalow-style single-family homes appear along a tree-lined street in an urban neighborhood. The houses are tidy, but there are signs of deferred maintenance that suggest the homeowners might have limited means to make repairs. The house in the foreground has old, curling roof shingles, for example.
Homeownership among lowest-income households climbs near all-time high
Erik Hembre | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement
July 30, 2024
Article
A close-up of a map of Montana that shows counties filled in solid shades of blue and red that represent their average home values. Place names for the state of Montana and several of its largest cities are overlaid on the map.
Montana Housing Dashboard
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Christina Spicher | Intern, Community Development and Engagement Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
July 18, 2024
Data
Young woman opening the door into a new apartment holding a laundry basket with assorted things
Despite cooling prices for new leases, overall housing inflation could remain elevated into 2025
Alisdair McKay | Monetary Advisor Neil Mehrotra | Assistant Vice President and Policy Advisor
July 16, 2024
Article
Portraits of Ben Horowitz and Tyler Borsch alongside an image of a mother and son moving boxes
Introducing the Twin Cities Metro Migration Dashboard
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement
Event on July 10, 2024
Event
Photo of a mother and child unloading a moving truck on the left with an image of the data tool on the right
Twin Cities Metro Migration Dashboard
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist
June 24, 2024
Data
On a cloudy day, a woman and her young son unload moving boxes from the back of a white moving van. Dining room chairs and other moving boxes appear in the foreground and background. The woman is wearing a gray cardigan and denim skirt and her son is wearing a dark gray hoodie.
Where are the Twin Cities area’s movers moving to?
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist
June 24, 2024
Article
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Army of Mortgagors: Long-Run Evidence on Credit Externalities and the Housing Market
Tobias Herbst | University of Bonn and Bundesbank Moritz Kuhn | University of Mannheim Farzad Saidi | University of Bonn and CEPR
April 12, 2024
Research