Research Category: Housing and Homeownership

Socioeconomic and racial disparities in the financial returns to homeownership
July 27, 2018
Looks at financial returns to homeownership by race and finds holding other things constant, capital gains from housing are lower for low-income and buyers of color in all 9 markets…
The devaluation of assets in Black neighborhoods
July 27, 2018
In the average U.S. metropolitan area, homes in neighborhoods where the share of the population is 50 percent Black are valued at roughly half the price as homes in neighborhoods…