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An analysis of various topics related to the U.S. housing market and exclusive, ready-to-use PowerPoint presentations including key data. Articles and presentations below feature research of diverse factors affecting housing and their impact on the industry. Topics range from demographics, industry structure, local and regional analysis, the effects of changes in interest rates on the price of a house, features that influence house prices, to the latest on government housing programs. Many articles also include a focus on individual states and metro areas.

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What Home Buyers Really Want May 1, 2013 By Rose Quint, Assistant Vice President for Survey Research Economics and Housing PolicyNational Association of Home Builders   Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com    Additional Resources Print the Full … 5/1/2013	Web page
Case-Shiller House Price Index This PDF includes the Case-Shiller house price indexes by state and total U.S. 4/30/2013	PDF
Immigrant Workers in the Construction Labor Force This study examines where construction workers come from by analyzing the most recent 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) from the Census Bureau and compares the findings with the results from the 2004 ACS. 4/1/2013	Web page
Builders’ and Remodelers’ Use of Information Technology March 1, 2013 By Paul Emrath, Ph.D. Economics and Housing PolicyNational Association of Home Builders Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com  Additional Resources Print the Full Article 3/1/2013	Web page
FHFA House Price Index This PDF includes the FHFA house price indexes by state and the total for the United States. 2/26/2013	PDF
Characteristics of Home Buyers Special Studies, February 8, 2013 By Heather Taylor Senior Research Associate Economics & Housing Policy   Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com   Additional Resources Print the Full Article  2/8/2013	Web page
Latest Calculations Show Average Buyer Expected to Stay in a Home 13 Years By Paul Emrath, Ph.D. Economics and Housing PolicyNational Association of Home Builders   Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com   Table of Contents 1/3/2013	Web page
Lower Operating Costs Mean Buyers Can Afford a Higher-Priced Home—If It’s New Special Studies, December 6, 2012 By Paul Emrath, Ph.D. Economics and Housing PolicyNational Association of Home Builders   Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com Additional Resources Print the Full Article   12/5/2012	Web page
Buying Products for Home Building & Remodeling: Who and Where The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently surveyed both its single-family builders and its remodelers, asking them who’s most often responsible for choosing these products and, in a separate question, where these products are purchased irrespective of who chooses them. This report … 11/9/2012	Web page
A Tax Profile of a Typical Mortgage Interest Deduction Beneficiary This paper discusses a number of issues connected to the mortgage interest deduction (MID), a commonly claimed itemized deduction for middle-class home owners. 9/4/2012	Web page
Immigrants and Housing Demand This article presents results from a model that estimates rates at which immigrants form households, move into multifamily units and single family homes and choose to rent or buy homes. 8/3/2012	Web page
55+ Households are Nearly Everywhere Special Studies, July 5, 2012  By Paul Emrath, Ph.D. Economics and Housing Policy Group National Association of Home Builders   Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com   Additional Resources Print the Full … 7/5/2012	Web page
Who are NAHB’s Builder Members? This article will use results from the 2011 annual census to shed light on the characteristics of NAHB’s builder members in general, and on those of specific types of builder members, such as single-family builders, residential remodelers, or land developers. 6/1/2012	Web page
Quality of the Existing Housing Stock: As Good as You Thought? This article describes NAHB research on the quality of existing housing in more detail and explains briefly how and why NAHB developed the new definition of inadequate housing. 5/1/2012	Web page
Residential Construction Employment across States and Congressional Districts This article estimates residential construction (RC) employment by state and Congressional district using data from the American Community Survey and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. 4/3/2012	Web page
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Snapshot of Home Ownership in Local Housing Markets Special Studies, March 2, 2012 By Heather Taylor Economics and Housing PolicyNational Association of Home Builders   Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com Additional Resources Print the Full Article   3/2/2012	Web page
Metro Area House Prices: The “Priced Out” Effect The NAHB Priced Out Model has been recently updated and the new 2012 priced out estimates for the United States and 325 metro areas are now available and discussed in this article. 2/1/2012	Web page
NAHB Apartment Rent Estimator By using the NAHB rent estimating model, builders and prospective renters can get an idea of how the addition of a particular amenity affects the rents charged and paid for a similar apartments in the region. 1/4/2012	Web page
The Geography of Home Size and Occupancy This article explores the differences of the size and occupancy of owner-occupied homes as it relates to their geographical locations. 12/1/2011	Web page

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