Articles tagged 'Homeownership'

The research brief, “The Impact of Lock-In Effects on Housing Turnover and Implications for a Housing Recovery” summarizes a new working paper by IHS researchers Patric Hendershott, Jin Man Lee, and James Shilling. It finds that rapidly increasing interest rates, along with negative equity, “lock-in” households to their existing mortgages and residences, which reduces housing turnover.

Update from IHS's regularly updated Cook County Single Family House Price Index.

Update from IHS's regularly updated Cook County Single Family House Price Index.

This brief highlights the key role the two-to-four unit housing stock plays in Cook County and the challenges facing the stock.

This working paper examines the impact that property flippers have on prices in local housing markets during both boom and bust cycles of the real estate market.