Penn IUR
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The Penn Institute for Urban Research is a university-wide body that addresses the issues of 21st century cities locally and globally.
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http://penniur.upenn.edu 09-02-2011 17:35:25
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TODAY at 11 AM ET: Special Briefing—The New President’s First Month & Economic Policy Impacts—now in partnership with #TravelersInstitute! With MoodysAnalytics ECON, @TorstenSlok, & more Register: bit.ly/4hugXOx #EconOutlook #FiscalPolicy #UrbanFinance #SpecialBriefing
📉 Housing starts dropped nearly 10%, as builders face: -7% mortgage for buyers, tariff concerns 1.5M-unit shortage & price resistance. Penn IUR's Susan Wachter weighs in on Marketplace: bit.ly/41bIu0b #HousingCrisis #RealEstate #HousingAffordability #HousingPolicy
Multigenerational living is at a historic high—and it’s not just young adults moving home. Research by Penn IUR's Susan Wachter The Wharton School points to soaring housing costs: bit.ly/3Xi5DNv #HousingCrisis #MultigenerationalLiving #RealEstate #UrbanTrends #WhartonResearch
COVID-19 reshaped cities & real estate—permanently. Office activity is still at 2/3 of 2019 levels with housing affordability at a 40-year low. Read more from Penn IUR's Susan Wachter in Knowledge at Wharton: whr.tn/4kMDurW #RealEstate #RemoteWork #HousingCrisis
Congrats to Susan Wachter, Co-Director of Penn IUR & Professor at The Wharton School, named one of Bankrate’s Notable Women in Real Estate! 🔗 bit.ly/4l6Gn72 #WomenInRealEstate #HousingPolicy #UrbanResearch #Wharton #IWD2025
Join us April 10 at 12PM ET for a hybrid book talk on #gunviolence with #JensLudwig (The University of Chicago), author of #UnforgivingPlaces (UChicagoPress), hosted by @PennUrban + @PennCrim. Free book for in-person attendees (first come, first served)! đź”— Register: bit.ly/4iRTNCH
Join Penn IUR on April 25 for the 20th Annual #UrbanLeadership Forum celebrating global changemakers: Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE | Mayor of Freetown Philadelphia Fed’s Patrick Harker Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá & Penn Press author Register: bit.ly/42sLC8L
#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
Don't miss our final seminar of Spring 2025 on April 24 with our Visiting Scholar Lubaina Rangwala (World Resources Institute) on "Opportunities & Challenges of Climate Action Planning in Indian Cities" (in partnership w/ UPenn South Asia Center, Penn IUR & EnviroLab) Read More: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/lubaina…
Penn IUR co-hosts a Housing & Demographic Dynamics Workshop with @IREUS_NUS on May 22 in Singapore. Susan Wachter will speak on housing affordability & demographic futures. Program: lnkd.in/g72S7k3p Register: lnkd.in/g-smaifk #Housing #UrbanResearch #Demographics
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
“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
