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Housing Focus

Experts at the Kansas City Fed have developed a collection of research and resources exploring the impact of housing markets and real estate trends on the economy.

Keeping a pulse on housings markets and real estate trends is critical to understanding both the local and national economy. Because housing is an essential sector, it's an important indicator for consumer spending and confidence.

The Kansas City Fed monitors housing markets through the work of experts and economists. Below, you’ll find an archive of the Bank’s latest research and resources related to housing.

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Hundreds of Kansans tackle the state’s growing need for housing No Description Provided. Community Connections, Community Development, Housing	Rachael Surmick Expandable Row	September 4, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Expandable Row
Why Are Multifamily Property Prices Falling? Multifamily property prices climbed to record levels in recent years amid low interest rates and surging housing demand. More recently, prices have retreated in the face of higher interest rates, slower rent growth, elevated operating expenses, and increased delivery of new units available for rent. However, the deterioration in these fundamentals does not fully explain recent property price declines, suggesting investors’ near-term outlooks have been pessimistic. Housing, Banking and Finance, Economic Bulletin	Matt Hanauer W. Blake Marsh Nicholas Sly Expandable Row	September 4, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
Housing Services Inflation May Decline Only Gradually The inflation rate for housing services remains about 2 percentage points above its 2019 level. Several factors are likely to slow its decline, including more than a decade of underbuilding prior to the pandemic, limited capacity to increase the nation’s housing stock, and the limited number of homes available for sale due to the steeper mortgage rates owners would face if they sold and purchased a different home. Housing, Economic Bulletin, Inflation	Jordan Rappaport Expandable Row	June 24, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
Flood Risk Exposures and Mortgage-Backed Security Asset Performance and Risk Sharing Flood risk has historically resulted in poorer performance for both individual mortgages and mortgage-backed securities. Natural Resources and Environment, Housing, Economic Geography, Research Working Paper	Jacob Dice Mallick Hossain David Rodziewicz Expandable Row	May 21, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
To slow displacement, one neighborhood tests a new idea: Property tax rates based on income Kansas City, Missouri, has found a unique way to help long-time, lower income residents of the Westside, a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, remain in their homes. Community Connections, Community Development, Housing	Jennifer Wilding Expandable Row	March 5, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Expandable Row
Southeast Oklahoma partners seek to remove barriers to housing The LIFT Community Action Agency in Hugo, Oklahoma, and its local partners, comprise one of 11 groups taking part in the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s 2024 Reinventing Our Communities (ROC) program. Community Connections, Community Development, Housing	Steven Shepelwich Expandable Row	March 5, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Expandable Row
Single-Family Home Permits Moved Up for the 12th Consecutive Month in January No Description Provided. Housing, Charting the Economy, Macroeconomics, Data and Trends	Jordan Rappaport Expandable Row	February 21, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Expandable Row
Home repair resources: issues and opportunities across the Tenth District No Description Provided. Community Connections, Community Development, Housing	Jennifer Wilding Expandable Row	January 3, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Expandable Row
Coley Williams, CHES, Inc. No Description Provided. Community Connections, Community Development, Housing	Jennifer Wilding Expandable Row	January 3, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Expandable Row
Eric Nelson, Commerce Bank No Description Provided. Community Connections, Community Development, Housing	Jennifer Wilding Expandable Row	January 3, 2024 Expandable Row	Web Page Expandable Row