Clearing roadblocks to affordability
It’s no secret that the U.S. has a dearth of affordable rental options for the nation’s most vulnerable households. This scarcity of housing makes...
The seeing issue
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free, said Michelangelo. Innovation, invention, creation. It’s the ability to see...
INFOGRAPHIC: Why Earth is setting records
Why Earth is setting weather records Here’s the data on weather patterns and their potential impact on real assets in the decade ahead. The story...
INFOGRAPHIC: The U.S. economy in 8 charts
The U.S. economy in 8 charts The pandemic unleashed unprecedented federal fiscal and monetary actions “investing” trillions of dollars. This opportunistic spending spree left the...
INFOGRAPHIC: Multifamily housing’s long-run labor crisis
Multifamily housing’s long-run labor crisis The construction industry alone needs over 61,000 new hires every month just to keep up with industry growth and worker...
INFOGRAPHIC: Next move
Next move Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA was historic. Not only did the court rule that the 2015 Clean...
5 cases to watch in Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term
The Supreme Court will resume hearing cases in October. Here are five upcoming cases that the high court will hear: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v....
Apartment properties decarbonize or face fines
In a growing number of places, apartment properties are likely to have to reduce the carbon they contribute to the atmosphere. Cities, towns and entire...
L.A. reports 50,000 unpaid rent notices
Nearly 50,000 eviction notices were filed between February and August in Los Angeles, according to City Controller Kenneth Mejia, chief accounting officer for the...
When data talks back: Using AI to talk with your database
Early adopters in multihousing and other industries are using AI to have daily conversations with their databases to mine business insights—freeing them up from...
U.S. Supreme Court declines rent case
The U.S. Supreme Court in October announced that it will not weigh in on two cases challenging rent control and eviction laws in New...
Automation key to a cost-effective, sustainable multifamily unit
Property managers are being caught between a rock and hard place as the cost-of-living crisis continues to affect the housing market. Residents are facing financial...
New lithium discovery highlights why we never run out of resources
A new discovery of lithium in September led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in...
Understanding the ring-around-the-rosy rental inflation game
Offer a definitive explanation of the Ring Around the Rosie nursery rhyme and children’s game—whether as a reference to the Black Plague or teenagers...
Credit card rewards on the block
Once a year, late in February, my wife’s face brightens as she thumbs through our mail. “We got our Costco rewards check,” she beams. It’s...
Degree-free widening trend among U.S. employers
Walmart has eliminated college degrees as a requirement for hundreds of its corporate roles. The retail giant said in September that it would get rid...
U.S. rent affordability drops to lowest level in decades
Rapid inflation is hitting low-to-moderate income renter households the hardest. For the first time in decades, the rent-to-income ratio has reached 40 percent at...
What are APIs? A computer scientist explains the data sockets that make digital life...
APIs, or application programming interfaces, are the gateways to the digital world. They link a wide array of software applications and systems. APIs facilitate communication...
Demographics, they are a ‘changing
The American family has undergone significant change in recent decades. There is no longer one predominant family form, and Americans are experiencing family life...
Profits get a lot of hate, but we all benefit from them every day
Profits have gotten a lot bad press. Perhaps second to private property (theft, according to Bakunin) profits are the devil incarnate in the view...
Net neutrality—why is it so controversial?
Federal net neutrality legislation has split politicians largely along partisan political lines—with President Obama imposing net neutrality restrictions, President Trump repealing them and President...
America’s biggest cities have 5.5 million empty homes
While the housing market is historically tight and seemingly less affordable by the day, the largest U.S. cities have a surprisingly large stock of...
Why we shouldn’t fear AI destroying hundreds of millions of jobs
Workers, entrepreneurs, and companies should explore ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into their workflows and businesses—and give the job displacement fears a rest. I recently...
Year of the e-bike
Electric bikes are gaining momentum fast. Why—and how—cities and states are helping more consumers get on board. In the quest to electrify the transportation sector,...
RealPage reports rent-to-income ratio flip
RealPage reported this month that wages are outpacing rents by a widening margin. Moody's Analytics tells a much different tale. After reporting...
Yardi and property managers sued over revenue management software
Property management software firm Yardi Systems was sued in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on September 8 over its...
