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The first comprehensive publication containing current and historical information on households, housing, housing finance, and federal housing assistance. Statistics include household characteristics, stock characteristics, housing production and investment, affordability, home mortgage lending and

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• About the Editor(p. vii)
• Preface(p. ix)
• Regional Housing Production in the United States, 1980 to 1997(p. 1)
• Part 1 Demographics and Housing Demand(p. 7)
• Household and Family Characteristics(p. 8)
• Household Projections(p. 28)
• State Population Estimates and Projections(p. 45)
• Income and Wealth(p. 49)
• Geographic Mobility(p. 69)
• Consumer Preferences and Opinions(p. 79)
• Part 2 Housing Stock, Production, and Investment(p. 81)
• Evolution of the Housing Stock(p. 82)
• Current Characteristics of the Housing Stock(p. 109)
• Housing Production and Investment(p. 149)
• Part 3 Market Outcomes(p. 195)
• Market Conditions and Outlook(p. 196)
• Sales, Prices, and Rents(p. 199)
• Vacancy Rates(p. 219)
• Market Absorption of Apartments(p. 225)
• Tenure(p. 227)
• Characteristics of Recent Homebuyers(p. 245)
• Ownership of Private Rental Properties(p. 246)
• Housing Problems and Costs(p. 250)
• Part 4 Housing Finance(p. 283)
• Mortgage Debt Outstanding(p. 284)
• Mortgage Credit Flows(p. 295)
• Mortgage Characteristics(p. 304)
• Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure(p. 324)
• Secondary Mortgage Market(p. 326)
• Fair Lending(p. 336)
• Part 5 Federal Housing Assistance(p. 355)
• Housing Tax Expenditures in the Income Tax(p. 356)
• Major Programs for Low- and Moderate-Income Households(p. 357)
• Characteristics of Assisted Households, Their Housing, and Their Neighborhoods(p. 365)
• Appendices
• Appendix A Table Notes(p. 409)
• Appendix B Descriptions of Data Sources(p. 493)
• Index(p. 513)

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CHOICE Review

This compendium contains 250 tables dealing with such subjects as housing demand, housing stock, housing market outcomes, federal housing programs, and housing finance. Editor Simmons is Director of Housing Demography at the Fannie Mae Foundation and has served as associate editor of Housing Policy Debate and Journal of Housing Research. Simmons's introduction discloses valuable housing information. He comments that the US housing industry has increased in strength, that housing production has expanded since 1991, and that the manufactured housing industry continues to flourish in the South. The tables contain valuable statistics and are arranged by areas of the US. Many topics are discussed: household projections, household and family characteristics, state population estimates 1900-90, income and wealth, geographic mobility, housing problems and costs, federal housing assistance. The appendixes at the end discuss data characteristics of the tables as well as housing sources. Sources from which tabular data are drawn range from the US Bureau of the Census to the Fannie Mae National Housing Survey. This work will be useful at most academic and large public libraries, and to anyone involved in the housing industry, from construction workers to mortgage bankers. V. Viator Nicholls State University

Booklist Review

Compiled from a variety of U.S. Census housing reports, this statistical compilation contains approximately 200 tables covering households and housing demand, housing stock, housing finance, federal housing programs, and other related topics. Two appendixes provide information on the data characteristics (definitions, data limitations, etc.) and descriptions of the housing data sources. An introductory chapter, "U.S. Housing Conditions, 1970^-1995," offers an excellent overview and includes a useful bibliography; a detailed index provides easy access to the contents of the work. Data tables are arranged in five sections: Households and Housing Demand; Housing Stock, Production, and Investment; Market Ourcomes; Housing Finance; and Federal Housing Assistance. Each section begins with a brief overview. Examples of the data tables to be found here are "Projected Persons Living Alone by Age and Sex: 1995 to 2010" and "Residential Nonfarm Mortgage Debt Outstanding, by Property Type and Type of Holder: 1968 to 1996." The editor, an expert in housing demography, has done an excellent job of both compiling many disparate statistical sources on the U.S. housing market and providing a narrative analyzing historical trends. While the editor readily acknowledges that the most current data released since the book was published--especially the monthly and quarterly reports--could not be included in this print volume, this work nevertheless will serve as an important source on this topic for most researchers and students. This is the third title in the publisher's U.S. Databook series, which also includes Business Statistics of the United States and Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics.