Market Analysis

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division has released Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses for College Station-Bryan, TX; Columbia, SC; Lancaster, PA; Manchester-Nashua, NH.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has released its latest Best Practices Report for the High Point Community Revitalization in Seattle, Washington.

NH&RA / NCAHMA is pleased to offer the Power Point Presentations from our recent FHA MAP Market Study & Underwriting Symposium and Affordable Housing Underwriting & Policy Forum, which was held March 28-30 in Washington, DC.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its report of housing vacancy survey statistics for 2011. The statistics provide vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy at the national level, as well as for regions, states and the 75 largest metropolitan areas.

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division has released Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses for Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; Houston, Texas; and Reading, Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released population estimates for metropolitan statistical areas and micropolitan statistical areas, the first population estimates to be released since the 2010 Census.

A new data reporting tool, “State of the Cities Data Systems,” is now available through the HUD USER website.

HUD released an updated Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) Guidebook on November 23, 2011 that includes revisions and updates to the original guidebook that was published August 22, 2011.

The latest issue of HUD’s Evidence Matters: Transforming Knowledge into Housing and Community Development Policy (Winter 2012) examines how local capacity, leadership, and community connections can help regions avoid or recover from stresses, and how the federal Strong Cities, Strong Communities initiative is fostering capacity-building in some of the nation’s hardest hit areas.

HUD’s Office of Policy Research & Development has released its U.S. Housing Market Conditions Report for the 4th Quarter of 2011. The report is a compilation of statistical data and written reports. Tabular data indicate market conditions on the national level and are presented for each quarter.

In response to a growing number of requests to modify the restrictive covenants of housing credit apartment communities, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) recently established Restrictive Covenant Modification Guidelines for the review of modification requests.

The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (NHHFA) recently published a report that highlights the impact of low-income housing tax credits on New Hampshire communities.