HOA policies don’t always reflect the wishes of the homeowners whose interests they are meant to represent – and they aren’t legally required to.
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Clearer information about energy costs could help home buyers make lower-carbon choices without requiring them to compromise on affordability, space or location.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
Deed fraud is a persistent problem in the Detroit area. Only a fraction of victims get justice.
A bat biologist walks through the steps for persuading a bat to leave your home, and what to do when a whole family decides to roost in your attic.
A new report offers a roadmap to a healthier housing system. But its recommendations will require bold action.
Central bankers agree that climate change poses a threat to the financial system. An insurance crisis is exactly the kind of problem that could spread.
What are the goals of the insurance? Who is being insured? And how are policyholders and their risks classified?
Do you ever worry about how Airbnb rentals might be affecting your neighbourhood? Your concerns might not be misplaced.
Recent measures introduced to help struggling UK homeowners aren’t as helpful as they seem at first.
UK borrowers are expecting mortgage rates to fall again. Here’s why this looks unlikely in the current economic environment.
While all groups experienced increased housing vulnerability after the pandemic hit, only people of Asian descent continued to see their situations worsen in 2021 as the US spent trillions trying to soften the impact.
Since foreign owners only represent a tiny segment of the housing market, it’s unlikely that Canada’s new ban on foreign homebuyers will make homes more affordable for Canadians.
Members of the public devised a raft of measures to make homes greener.
Even though Canadians and Americans living in the Pacific Northwest share the same earthquake risk, far more Canadians than American homeowners buy earthquake insurance. Why?
It’s time to reset Canada’s housing policies to make cities more affordable and more socially just places to live.
As millennials flock to certain parts of the US, home prices in those areas are surging.
A new study in Glasgow suggests latent anti-Pakistani sentiment may affect the house-moving decisions of white British homeowners.
Housing policy needs to prioritise housing’s function as a home, rather than an asset.
As Hurricane Florence is expected to pound the Carolinas with significant flooding, an insurance expert explains how the program designed to help the millions affected recover.
Top contributors
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Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor of Business, Department of Marketing and Department of Business, Government and Society, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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Director, Master of Engineering in Financial Technology, Duke University
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Associate Professor of Accounting, Boston College
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Susman Professor in Sustainability and Professor of Marketing, Penn State
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Professor, Geography, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor (Housing Policy), Adelaide University, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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Chair in Insurance and Professor, Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Sociology, Western University
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Professor Emeritus, School of Planning, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, UMass Boston