CEPR examines the fluctuations of the housing market and its impact on families.

In Focus

Reports

The Housing Crash Recession and the Case for a Third Stimulus
March 2009, Dean Baker

The Wealth of the Baby Boom Cohorts After the Collapse of the Housing Bubble
February 2009, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

Testimony of Dean Baker Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging
February 25, 2009

The Key to Stabilizing House Prices: Bring Them Down
December 2008, Dean Baker

The Changing Prospects for Building Home Equity
October 2008, Hye Jin Rho, Danilo Pelletiere, and Dean Baker

Op-Eds & Columns

Making Financial Regulation Work: A Systemic Risk Regulator
Dean Baker
Washington Post, June 22, 2009

Obama Plan Improves Regulatory Structure but Doesn’t Address Accountability
Dean Baker
June 17, 2009

Reporters in Pom Poms: Cheerleading the Recovery
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 1, 2009

To Get a Systemic Risk Regulator, Fire Bernanke
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, May 31, 2009

The Tyranny of Bad Economics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 20, 2009

Press Releases

More Stimulus Needed to Slow Spiraling Unemployment and Deepening Recession
March 17, 2009

Housing Market Meltdown and Stock Market Collapse Threaten Retirement Wealth of Millions
February 25, 2009

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Announce Programs to Help Homeowners
February 2, 2009

House Prices Must Return to Trend Levels to Stabilize Market
December 3, 2008

Comparison of Ownership vs. Rental Costs Points to Negative Equity Accruals in Many Markets
October 28, 2008

Other Resources

TV / Video Interviews

CNBC: Greenspan: Prophet to Pariah, October 23, 2008

Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN): Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, July 12, 2008

NOW (PBS): Mortgage Makeover, June 27, 2008

CNBC: Helping Homebuilders, April 4, 2008

Democracy Now!: Bi-Partisan Housing Deal Slights Struggling Homeowners, April 3, 2008

Nightly Business Report (PBS): The Housing Crisis Leads To More Consumer Concern, January 15, 2008

The Housing Bubble, Dean Baker discusses the housing bubble and potential impact on the economy, October, 2007

Radio Interviews

Marketplace Radio (American Public Media): Loss of Home Equity is the Crux of Crisis, November 24, 2008

KUOW (94.9 FM): Robert Shiller on the Financial Crisis: What Do We Do About It?, September 25, 2008

The Diane Rehm Show: The U.S. Residential Real Estate Market, October 29, 2008

The Diane Rehm Show: Modifying Mortgages, November 12, 2008

Capitol Report (WFSU): Interview on Housing Bill, with Liz Chimienti, August 1, 2008

WMNF 88.5FM: Reaction to Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac Bailout, July 14, 2008

Marketplace (American Public Media): Nonprofit Gets Around Subprimes,, June 27, 2008

MarketWatch: Vast Majority of Baby Boomers Now Lack Home Equity to Live on in Retirement, June 25, 2008

BBC World Service: Bubble in Property Prices in Europe, March 5, 2008

WBAI Wakeup Call: The Housing Market Crisis, December 21, 2007 (Dean Baker joins at minute 25)

Marketplace (American Public Media): An Own to Rent Solution, September 6, 2007

Talk of the Nation: Should You Be Buying in a Sliding Real Estate Market?, June 25, 2007