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

In Focus

The Housing Market Monitor (updated every Wednesday)
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke's Greatest Hits
Hitting Bottom? An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas, Report, August 2009
The Gains from Right to Rent, Report, August 2009
The Right to Rent Plan, Report, July 2009
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Announce Programs to Help Homeowners, Press Release, February 2, 2009
TARP II: Money for Banks, Not Homeowners, Op-ed, January 19, 2009
Helping Homeowners Without Helping Banks: The Economist's Solution, Op-ed, January 18, 2009
Stopping Foreclosures With the Right to Rent, Op-ed, November 17, 2008
The Key to Stabilizing House Prices: Bring Them Down, Report, December 2008
The Changing Prospects for Building Home Equity, Report, October 2008
Statement on Congressional Approval of Bailout, Press Release, October 3, 2008

Reports

Hitting Bottom? An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
August 2009, Danilo Pelletiere, Hye Jin Rho, and Dean Baker

The Gains from Right to Rent
July 2009, Dean Baker and Hye Jin Rho

The Right to Rent Plan
July 2009, Dean Baker

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

Op-Eds & Columns

Owning Versus Renting
Dean Baker
Spotlight on Poverty, August 24, 2009

Saving Homes With a 'Right to Rent'
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2009

Right to Rent: The Remedy to the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 27, 2009

Right to Rent: A Non-Bureaucratic Solution to the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
The Hearing (Washington Post), July 20, 2009

The Green Shoots Are Dead: We Need a Third Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 6, 2009

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

Investigating the Collapse: Looking for the Killer We Already Know
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 1, 2009

Statement on Fannie Mae's Deed for Lease Program

November 5, 2009

CBO Warns of Higher Unemployment: Washington Worries About the Deficit
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, August 24, 2009

Owning Versus Renting
Dean Baker
Spotlight on Poverty, August 24, 2009

Saving Homes With a 'Right to Rent'
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2009

Congress Takes First Step Towards Allowing Foreclosed Homeowners to Stay as Renters
CEPR
July 29, 2009

Press Releases

Housing Glut Pushes Rental Inflation to Record Lows
August 14, 2009 (Prices Byte)

Though Home Prices Appear to Bottom Out, Possibility of Long-Term Slump in Housing Remains
August 6, 2009

Costs of Renting Still Considerably Cheaper than Ownership

July 27, 2009

Right To Rent Plan Offers Simple Solution to Foreclosure Crisis

July 16, 2009

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

Other Resources

TV / Video Interviews

THom Hartmann Show: Should There Be a "Right to Rent Plan?", July 28, 2009

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