Aug 5, 2024 | 2024 Podcasts, Housing & Our Community, Podcasts
With nearly 150 lives lost daily to fentanyl overdoses across the U.S., no state is immune.
May 23, 2024 | Featured Home, Housing & Our Community, Research
While Arizona has historically had a higher overall crime rate than the U.S., this gap has been shrinking since the mid-1990s due to a large persistent decline in property crime rates.
May 16, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Research, Uncategorized
In numerous recurring reports, CSI Arizona has highlighted the state’s ongoing struggle with the rapid increase in housing costs since the pandemic. One of our central tools for monitoring the issue has been the housing surplus/shortfall measure.
Apr 25, 2024 | Featured Home, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community
Historically, Arizona – and its greater Phoenix metro area – has had a relatively affordable housing market. Recently, though, housing costs in the Phoenix area rose faster than any other major metro area in the country during the pandemic.
Mar 19, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Research
At 102.15 (-3.5% since October 2023), the homebuyers ‘Misery Index’ remains at all-high time highs – despite falling about 10% last year, the Index is being held aloft by persistently high prices. For context, the long-run average of the Index is set to zero, and it peaked at 54.05 prior to the Great Recession.
Feb 27, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Research
PDF| SYNOPSIS Jim Kolbe Free Enterprise Fellowship Brandon Bloch is CSI Arizona’s Jim Kolbe Free Enterprise Junior Fellow. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University. He has interned in a U.S. Congressional District...