Joint Center For Housing Studies

Who’s Building Housing in DFW? Mostly Immigrants, Research Shows

By Charles Grand / January 26, 2026 /

It’s been conventional wisdom for decades that immigrants play an outsized role in U.S. construction, and in the D-FW, the percentage of foreign-born workers in the building trades is outpacing the national average. A recent analysis conducted by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University put the share of immigrants in the Dallas…

Harvard Study Highlights Post-Recession Housing Progress But Work To Be Done

By Jon Anderson / June 19, 2018 /

The only hope many younger generations have to accumulate wealth is to stay cozy with grandma. Since 1995 (over a decade before the Recession), the median wealth of 25-34 year olds declined 39 percent, while 35-44 year olds declined 27 percent, and 45-54 year olds’ wealth declined 15 percent. There have been potent gains reported…

Girl Power: More Women Are Buying Real Estate Before They Put a Ring On It To The Tune of $72 Billion

By Joanna England / April 2, 2013 /

Sure, it’s easier to buy a home when you have a spouse. Dual income households tend to be a no-brainer to some mortgage lenders. But that hasn’t kept all the single ladies from becoming independent women with homes of their own and, of course, bills, bills, bills. In fact, this segment of real estate consumers…