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A Blueprint for Creating a Housing Affordability Study

Kiplan S. Womack

Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education2026https://doi.org/10.1080/15214842.2025.2579393article
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This article presents a simple, cost-free how-to guide for creating a multiperspective housing affordability report for any U.S. metropolitan area. It provides direct data sources, detailed calculations, and illustrative examples and demonstrates how the analysis can be repeated over time and/or across regions to provide temporal and spatial context. Intended for individual researchers and real estate centers alike, this article is a practical resource for producing a data-driven report that can help foster informed discussions and guide policy decisions on this critical issue.

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@article{kiplan2026,
  title        = {{A Blueprint for Creating a Housing Affordability Study}},
  author       = {Kiplan S. Womack},
  journal      = {Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15214842.2025.2579393},
}

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0.50

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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