The Dynamics of America's Housing

This is the long-awaited update of the authors' classic America's Housing: Prospects and Problems. The first version has long been the most authoritative effort in the field. Now this brief, efficient, one-volume work contains all the most up-to-date data available to chart housing progress and need. Forecasts on future demo­graphics, production trends, and changes in markets are clearly presented for the use of students and practitioners. More than 100 tables help summarize the current reality in a convenient, simple format. The major chapter topics indicate the comprehensiveness of the coverage:The Demographic Framework;Housing Demand: The Population Baseline;The HouseholdRevolution;The Maturing Society and Market Seg­mentation;Future Households: Scale and Shape;Income: Accelerator and Brake;Housing Supply: The Potent Baseline;Housing Production Cycles;Regional Shifts Revisited;Housing Cost Structures;New Mortgage Realities;Components of Inventory Change;Scale, Condition, and Amenity;Demand-Supply Interrelationships;Housing to Come

About the Author :
George Sternlieb is the founder and former director of the Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University. He is a member of the Census Advisory Committee on Population Statistics, a trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and has served on a number of presidential task forces on urban development.

Review :
-Full of interesting statistics.- --William Tucker, The Wall Street Journal -This analysis is sound, vividly written, carefully edited, and well-documented ... an excellent book.- --The Professional Geographer -Chock full of facts, statistics, and well-supported forecasts----A 'must' for your library ... at least until the twenty-first century.- --Paul Holzen, The Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst "Full of interesting statistics." --William Tucker, The Wall Street Journal "This analysis is sound, vividly written, carefully edited, and well-documented ... an excellent book." --The Professional Geographer "Chock full of facts, statistics, and well-supported forecasts----A 'must' for your library ... at least until the twenty-first century." --Paul Holzen, The Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst "Full of interesting statistics." --William Tucker, "The Wall Street Journal" "This analysis is sound, vividly written, carefully edited, and well-documented ... an excellent book." "--The Professional Geographer" "Chock full of facts, statistics, and well-supported forecasts----A 'must' for your library ... at least until the twenty-first century." --Paul Holzen, "The Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst" "Full of interesting statistics." --William Tucker, "The Wall Street Journal" "This analysis is sound, vividly written, carefully edited, and well-documented ... an excellent book." "--The Professional Geographer" "Chock full of facts, statistics, and well-supported forecasts----A 'must' for your library ... at least until the twenty-first century." --Paul Holzen, "The Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst"