September
22
2008
Author Karl Case, an economist from Wellesley College, describes and discusses distinguishing characteristics of housing markets that will contribute to determining prices going forward.
July
16
2008
This report, written by Harvard economics professor Edward Glaeser, concludes that if greater Boston does choose to continue limiting growth, it should be aware that it will end up with a small region, with highly volatile prices and that big price increases are likely to decreases in future prices and incomes.
July
16
2008
This report, authored by Edward Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, and Albert Saiz, examines the relationship between housing bubbles and limitations on growth. The researchers use data on both regulations and natural barriers to building, such as hilliness, to classify metropolitan areas as places where builders face few limits, like Houston, and regions where builders are extremely restricted, like Boston. There is a strong link between housing bubbles and restrictions on development.
March
1
2008
Titled "Making Ends Meet", this report includes six essays on how housing has helped people make it in Massachusetts. Essays focus on projects in Chelsea, Springfield, Groton, Stoughton and Lawrence. Reporter also includes a profile on the SoftSecond Loan Program's 10,000th borrower.
January
4
2008
The application for Low Income Housing Tax Credits and a variety of other subsidies is called One Stop.
December
1
2007
The Massachusetts Tax-Exempt for Credit Financing Program (MATCH) makes low-rate, tax-exempt bond financing available for affordable rental housing developments from $2.75 million to $15 million.