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• Selected Resources for:
  Housing - Non USA ::
  
  
• American Community Survey (ACS) (1996+)
  Nationwide survey designed to provide communities with a fresh look at how they are changing. Replaces the replace the decennial long form. Tells us what the population looks like and how it lives. Includes occupancy status, homeownership data, and housing cost data.

• American Housing Survey (1973+)
  Comprises 2 types of data collections: a national survey of housing units, and surveys of housing units in selected metropolitan areas. The interviews cover core questions that are repeated each year, and an additional set of questions on recurring or one-time supplemental topics. The national data were collected annually through 1981 and have been collected every 2 years since that time. The metropolitan-area data are collected on a continuous basis and are reported annually.

• Government Sponsored Enterprise Data. MSA, National, State (1993-2006)
  The Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes information on the mortgage purchases of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) that HUD oversees. The GSEs are secondary-market institutions that purchase single-family conventional loans originated in the United States. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are required to meet specified goals for purchases of mortgages that finance housing for very-low-, low- and moderate-income families and families living in areas traditionally underserved by the mortgage market. The information is intended to aid mortgage lenders, planners, researchers, and housing advocates in studying the flow of mortgage credit and capital in America's communities. Data for multiple family homes can be found on the HUD website.

• Home mortgage disclosure - HMDA/aggregation master data (1981-1989)
  

• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Raw Data (1997-2001,2003-2005)
  1990-1996 and 2002 are stored on the DSS webpage. For data after 2005, see the HMDA page.

• Housing Affordability Data System (HADS), 2002
  Housing-unit level dataset that measures the affordability of housing units and the housing cost burdens of households, relative to area median incomes, poverty level incomes, and Fair Market Rents. The dataset contains selected variables from the American Housing Survey, 2002: Metropolitan Microdata, as well as custom, derived variables measuring monthly housing costs, housing cost burdens, assisted housing, and total salary income. Housing-level variables include information on the number of rooms in the housing unit, the year the unit was built, whether it was occupied or vacant, whether the unit was rented or owned, whether it was a single family or multi-unit structure, the number of units in the building, the current market value of the unit, and measures of relative housing costs. Also includes variables describing the number of people living in the household, household income, and the type of residential area (e.g., urban or suburban).

• Housing Affordability Data System (HADS), 2004
  Set of housing unit level datasets that measures the affordability of housing units and the housing cost burdens of households, relative to area median incomes, poverty level incomes, and Fair Market Rents. Provides housing analysts with consistent measures of affordability and burdens over a long period. Based on the American Housing Survey (AHS) national files from 1985 through 2005 and the metropolitan files for 2002 and 2004. Users can link records in HADS files to AHS records, allowing access to all of the AHS variables. Housing-level variables include information on the number of rooms in the housing unit, the year the unit was built, whether it was occupied or vacant, whether the unit was rented or owned, whether it was a single family or multiunit structure, the number of units in the building, the current market value of the unit, and measures of relative housing costs. Also includes variables describing the number of people living in the household, household income, and the type of residential area (e.g., urban or suburban).

• Housing Condition Survey - 2000
  Aims to provide reliable general data on housing and housing conditions indicators in order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives Type of housing unit, Tenure of housing unit, Year of completing housing unit construction, Number of rooms in the housing unit, Number of bedrooms in the housing unit, Housing density, Availability of (water and electricity supplies, sewage network, phone lines, etc), Availability of durable goods, Housing Unit close to Public Service and Households need for housing units.

• Housing Conditions Survey - 2003
  Aims to provide reliable general data on housing and housing conditions indicators in order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives Type of housing unit, Tenure of housing unit, Year of completing housing unit construction, Number of rooms in the housing unit, Number of bedrooms in the housing unit, Housing density, Availability of (water and electricity supplies, sewage network, phone line), Availability of durable goods, Housing Unit close to Public Service and Households need for housing units.

• Housing Vacancy and Ownership Survey
  Official source of housing vacancy and home ownership data. Current information on the rental and homeowner vacancy rates, and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Rental and homeowner vacancy rates and homeownership rates are available for the U.S., regions, states, and for the 75 largest Metropolitan Areas. State and Metropolitan Area data are available annually, while national and regional data are available quarterly. Homeownership rates are also tabulated by age of householder and by family status for the U.S. and regions. In addition, estimates of the total housing inventory and percent distributions of vacant for-rent and for-sale-only units are available for the U.S. and regions. Does not include housing costs.

• New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, 1991+
  Conducted approximately every 3 years to comply with New York state and New York City's rent regulation laws. The Census Bureau has conducted the survey for the city since 1965. The rental vacancy rate is the primary focus of the survey, because that value is crucial to the current rent control and rent stabilization laws. Other important survey data include rent regulation status, number of stories, number of units in building, number of rooms in unit, type of heating fuel, monthly rent, estimated value and building condition. Also includes information concerning housing and neighborhood quality. Although the main purpose of the survey is to collect housing data, information on the demographic status of the population and households of the city is also collected. Information collected includes age, sex, race, ethnicity, household composition, labor force status, income, employment, and education level. 1991, 1993, and 1996 are available at the DSS site. For 1999, 2002, and 2005, see the Census Bureau.

  Sample Size: Approximately 18,000 housing units representing the 5 boroughs of the city.

• Residential Finance Survey (RFS)
  Only survey designed to collect and produce data about the financing of nonfarm, privately-owned residential properties. Collects, tabulates, and presents data for properties, the standard unit of reference for financial transactions related to housing. In most other demographic surveys, the unit of reference is the person, household, or housing unit. Only source of information on property, mortgage, and financial characteristics for multi-unit rental properties. Information on multi-family loans and properties is particularly difficult to obtain, but is important to understand if progress is to be made in the development of standards for underwriting multi-family mortgages. Conducts interviews of property owners and mortgage lenders, resulting in more accurate information on property and mortgage characteristics. Only survey which is able to provide a comprehensive view of mortgage finance in the USA, by providing information not only about the loan itself from the lender, but also information about the property owner's demographic characteristics. As part of the decennial census, it is mandatory. This is important in collecting information from mortgage lenders. Exempt from statutes prohibiting release of financial records by financial institutions. Able to subdivide the industry into relevant components. Different parts of the industry have excellent information on their own loans and clients, but not that of the industry as a whole. Information on lending by individual investors or small groups of investors such as pension funds is collected only by the RFS.

• Survey of Income and Program Participation. (SIPP) 1984+
  Longitudinal U. S. government survey of the financial status of American households conducted since 1983 (data starts with 1984). Covers government transfer and service programs, pension coverage, housing affordability, home ownership data, housing cost data (primarily mortgages), financial assistance for education, among other topics. Data may also be accessed via ICPSR, or extracted from CD using SIPP Utilities, a beta-version extraction tool. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) makes the SIPP data and documentation available along with Stata, SPSS, and SAS programs for reading the data. Users may find the NBER site the most convenient source, but the most recent data may not be available there. A new sample (panel) is introduced at the beginning of each calendar year, and the duration of each panel ranges from 2 1/2 years to 4 years. For comparisons of the Current Population Survey, SIPP, and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, see the comparison chart. For comparisons of National Longitudinal Surveys, SIPP, and Panel Study of Income Dynamics, see the comparison chart.

  Documentation: (Codebooks) (DSS) HC110.I5 S87

  Sample Size: Ranges from approx. 14,000 to 37,000 households. Interviews are conducted with those 15 and over.

• U. S. Census - IPUMS. 1850+
  Public use samples of individual-level data from the U. S. census.

• Weekly Applications Survey
  15 indices covering application activity for fixed rate, adjustable rate, conventional and government loans for home purchases and refinances