Housing - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Podcast: Revisiting Rental Housing

state of affairs, how we got there, and how we might improve the lot of the American renter. In this podcast, Retsinas, who teaches at Harvard Business School and is director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate

Building

Connell House

Building

Loeb House

07 Sep 2021
News

Green House

Courtesy Birchwood Sustainable Development Courtesy Birchwood Sustainable Development When Betsy Harper (MBA 1984) was shopping for real estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2018, she had some atypical requirements. Her dream house... View Details

Research Summary

Optimal Portfolios with Housing Derivatives

Households that contemplate moving to different cities or trading up or down in the fu-ture are exposed to substantial housing risk. In order to mitigate this risk, I derive the op-timal portfolios using housing futures. In addition to the optimum growth portfolio,... View Details

Building

Ludcke House

Building

Dillon House

30 Dec 2010
News

Harvard's Retsinas Interview on Housing

Building

Wyss House

09 May 2022
News

Green House

spark a home-design revolution. A Passive House is designed to be ultra-energy efficient. Some, like Harper’s Victorian, achieve net-zero-energy demand by pairing low-energy use with solar panels for energy production. Harper’s home is... View Details

04 Jan 2013
News

Our housing issues and Israel's

20 Nov 2011
News

Housing market still in recovery

Building

Greenhill House

19 Oct 2020
Video

New Cash House Name Unveiled

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Affordable housing resources

Where can I begin my research on affordable housing in the United States? Resource Type Suggested Resources Research Guides and Databases These guides highlight the top Baker Library resources to begin research on a specific topic... View Details

29 Mar 2013

LGBT Open House

The LGBT Open House is a day long event jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Association (LGBTSA), where prospective students have an opportunity to visit a class and meet current... View Details

10 Jan 2023
Video

NextStopHBS - Housing @ HBS

23 Jan 2008
Op-Ed

A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?

Dictionaries are not static. Some words go unused for so long that lexicographers dub them archaic. Definitions also gravitate to that catch-bin. The plummeting housing market has forced a reevaluation, not just of the financial value of... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Construction; Real Estate