Market Analysis

HUD

HUD Publishes Housing Newsletter for September

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published its latest issue of ResearchWorks, the official online newsletter of HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research.

Louisiana

Census Bureau Releases Final AHS Data on New Orleans

The U.S. Census Bureau has released final tabulations from the 2009 American Housing Survey metropolitan survey of New Orleans in Excel format.

NH&RA News

Census Bureau Releases 2009 ACS Data

The U.S. Census Bureau today released the results of the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS), providing data about the nation’s socioeconomic, housing and demographic characteristics.

Texas

HUD Publishes Market Analysis Report for Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division has prepared a Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis Report for the Killen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas market area.

Louisiana

HUD Releases First Comprehensive Housing Survey of New Orleans Since Katrina

In the five years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast, the New Orleans metropolitan area lost 75,000 housing units or nearly 13 percent of its housing stock. In addition, the median monthly cost of housing rose by nearly 33 percent, from $662 in 2004 to $882 in 2009.

NH&RA News

NCAHMA Affirms Definition of Comprehensive Market Study

The National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts’ Executive Committee recently convened to reaffirm and clarify how our Model Content Standards apply to conducting a comprehensive market study. As a result of the discussion, NCAHMA as adopted the following definition for a “comprehensive market study.”

HUD

HUD Releases Preview of U.S. Housing Market Conditions for Second Quarter 2010

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a preview of its U.S. Housing Market Conditions report for the second quarter of 2010.

HUD

HUD Solicits Public Comment on 2011 AHS

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting comments from the public on the data collection process for the 2011 American Housing Survey (AHS).

NH&RA News

Census Bureau Releases Timetable for 2009 ACS Data

The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced the public release schedule of estimates for 2009 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the American Community Survey (ACS).

HUD

New Report Offers Guidance on Combining AHS and ACS Data

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a report through its Office of Policy Development & Research’s HUD USER website that explores the possibility of using small area statistical techniques provided by the American Community Survey (ACS) to generate data for areas not covered by the American Housing Survey (AHS).

HUD

AHS Metro Zone Maps Now Available

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released maps of American Housing Survey (AHS) metropolitan zones through its HUD USER website.

North Carolina

HUD Publishes Housing Market Report for Raleigh-Durham

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis for the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina market area.

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