Housing Reports
Fox Valley area housing starts -- monthly
report
Fox Valley area housing starts -- annual
history
Wisconsin Economic Outlook -- Fall 2011, report
from the WI Department of Revenue
National Survey on Housing & Homeownership
-- the results of this May 2011 survey, conducted jointly by
Public Opinion Strategies and Lake Research Partners, make
clear that owning a home is still very much a part of the American
Dream. Americans believe that homeownership is the single best
investment for middle class families and helps provide for their
retirement and their children's education. They also believe that a
strong housing industry means more jobs and more money in our
communities. Read a summary of the survey's findings here.
The Cook Report -- article by Charlie Cook,
June 2011, The Home Front: Despite the housing slump, Americans
of all political pursuasions have a viseral desire to own their own
home.
America's Rental Housing: Meeting Challenges, Building
Opportunities -- May 2011 study from Harvard University's
Joint Center for Housing Studies delves into the current phenomenon
that today, both economic conditions and demographic forces are
bolstering rental demand. Reversing trends prevailing from the
mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, the housing bust and Great Recession
have pushed up the share and number of renter households. Download the full report here.
Wisconsin's Economic Outlook, Spring 2011
-- report from the WI Department of Revenue
Home Sweet Home. Still. -- April 2011
publication of study results from the Pew Research
Center demonstrates that the five-year swoon in home
prices has done little to shake the confidence of the American
public in the investment value of homeownership. Fully eight-in-ten
(81%) adults agree that buying a home is the best long-term
investment a person can make. Read the full report.
Focus on Housing -- March 11, 2011 media event
includes Talking Points with Economic Outlook, Housing
Studies and Legislative Changes information, and articles
including: Trends in New Homes with data from a Dec. 2010
Better Home & Gardens reader survey; Remodeling Cost vs. Value as reported by
Remodeling magazine; Remodeling Statistics from the Joint Center
for Housing Studies of Harvard University's report A New Decade
of Growth for Remodeling; Top Ways to Add Value to Your Home; Tips to Sell Your Home; Online Resources for Home Owners and Buyers;
and Financing information.
A
New Decade of Growth for Remodeling: Improving America's
Housing -- a 2011 study from the Joint Center for Housing
Studies of Harvard University (very large file)
The State of Housing -- a 2010 report from the
Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University (large
file)
Wisconsin's Economic Outlook, Winter 2011 --
report from the WI Department of Revenue
Housing Tax Incentives Report -- this study
from NAHB's Economics & Housing Policy Group explores the
problems with government methods of measuring the size of housing
tax expenditures and re-examines the income distribution of the
mortgage interest and real estate tax deductions.
The
Impact of Residential Construction on the Economy of WI -- 2009
report commissed by the Wisconsin Builders Association (WBA) and
conducted by the National Association of Home Builders
The
Metro Area Impact of Housing in the Appleton, WI MSA -- this
2007 report is the culmination of a study commissed by VHBA and
conducted by the National Association of Home Builders
Comparing Costs to Revenue for Local
Governments -- this 2007 report is the second phase of the
report above, culminating from the same study commissed by VHBA and
conducted by the National Association of Home Builders
Housing & Development Outlook -- this
PowerPoint presentation (offered here in PDF format), looking at
what got the Fox Valley to where it is today, was presented as part
of VHBA's Economic Impact of Housing in the Fox Valley Educational
Luncheon on May 9, 2007
Trends for Tomorrow that can Start Today --
this PowerPoint presentation (offered here in PDF format), looking
at how quality, attainable supply can meet housing demands in the
Fox Valley, was presented as part of VHBA's Economic Impact of
Housing in the Fox Valley Educational Luncheon on May 9, 2007
Helpful links to housing and economic data
Eye
on Housing -- the National Association of Home Builders' blog
on economics and housing policy
Freddie Mac -- economic and housing research
weekly commentary
U.S. Census Bureau Construction Price Index
Home Price Index -- this index measures average
home appreciation in more than 250 metropolitan markets. Updated
quarterly.
Characteristics of New Housing -- hghlights the
latest data on new-home characteristics released by the U.S. Census
Department.
Random
Lengths -- weekly reports of framing lumber and structural
panel composite prices; other information for and about the wood
products industry.
Realty Trac -- home foreclosure information by
state (link leads directly to WI information)