📰 Last month, Penn IUR Co-director Susan Wachter in collaboration with The Volcker Alliance held a special briefing: "Big Cities, Big Challenges." 🌆 Read more about the event's takeaways here: bondbuyer.com/news/volcker-a…

🏘️ “We may by spring see a significant decrease in inflation, which at least would have the effect of slowing down the inexorable rate rises,” says Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Finance Susan Wachter. Read about New Year market expectations here: marketwatch.com/articles/housi…

Penn IUR's Susan Wachter weighs in on what the Fed #InterestRate cut means for mortgages and homebuyers abcnews.go.com/Business/inter…

📅🏙️🥪 Next week, on Friday, 9/27 at 12:15, join Penn IUR and PennCSCC in welcoming Lan Wang to campus. Professor Wang is head of the Healthy City Lab and Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University in Shanghai. Learn more: bit.ly/3ZwChwX

See latest Wharton Magazine article “Are Cities on the Verge of a Crisis or a Comeback?” - with nice quotes from The Wharton School folks. magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/fall-wi…

How are changing policies and market conditions reshaping the dream of American homeownership? Join us on Dec. 4 as our fall "Policies That Work" series concludes with Real Estate Profs. Joseph Gyourko, Susan Wachter, and Maisy Wong: whr.tn/3OkWw9W

Penn IUR Co-Director Susan Wachter on the Wharton panel Policies that Work: Real Estate, Interest Rates, and the Shifting American Dream: "Higher mortgage rates are actually imposing a scarcity factor on housing as people are locked in and not selling their homes."

Much rumbling in the mortgage industry about the future under Trump--and if #FannieMae and #FreddieMac could be privatized. Penn IUR's Susan Wachter of The Wharton School weighs in: mpamag.com/us/mortgage-in…

Housing experts expect the average annual price growth of homes to decelerate due to higher mortgage rates. “There’s price resistance across the board” Penn IUR's Susan Wachter of The Wharton School said. bit.ly/3VNxLax #fanniemae #housingprices #mortgagerates

🏘️ Mortgage lock-ins are deepening the housing crisis. In 2025, solutions must focus on supply: incentivizing construction, zoning reform, & innovative financing, Susan Wachter tells Knowledge at Wharton. Affordable housing = livable cities. whr.tn/4j9vpNm

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#HousingMarket outlook: Penn IUR’s Susan Wachter & Moody's Mark Zandi revise forecasts with caution. Price growth is expected to slow in 2025 while economic uncertainty & high mortgage rates keep buyers wary. 🔒bloom.bg/3GeeD0u #RealEstate #Economy #HomePrices

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What’s next for state budgets? Join us May 8 at 11AM ET for Special Briefing: The Big Squeeze with William Glasgall, Susan Wachter & experts from GFOA, @nasbo, NACo on new pressures facing state & local finances. Register: bit.ly/44LoMMz #PublicFinance

.@penniur celebrates 20 years. thepenngazette.com/urban-legends/

“We’re in a different housing regime.” – Susan Wachter (The Wharton School) on NPR's Marketplace -A $100K salary should afford 60% of homes. Today? Less than 40%. -Supply still lags demand—especially in job-rich metros. Full story: bit.ly/4kwVkyj

On May 22, Penn IUR + @IREUS_NUS hosted the #Housing #Demographics Workshop in Singapore, bringing together global scholars to explore how affordability + market dynamics shape urban populations. 📸 Highlights with Susan Wachter below! #UrbanResearch #PennIUR #NUS

Penn IUR’s Susan Wachter talks to Marketplace about the history of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage & why it’s still a pillar of housing finance today, despite U.S. homeownership lagging globally. 🔗 bit.ly/4e7jFIW #HousingPolicy #SusanWachter #PennIUR #Wharton

Penn IUR's Susan Wachter (#Wharton) explains why many young adults are staying home longer—and how affordability challenges hit minority communities hardest. cnn.it/3G5StOp #HousingCrisis #GenZ #UrbanResearch #PennIUR #affordablehousing

Great to speak with ⁦Newsweek⁩ about forward rate expectations and the housing market. newsweek.com/mortgage-rates…