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Banks have seen a lot of concerns over the last few months by depositors, investors and regulators. Multiple institutions were shuttered when it became clear that rising interest rates undermined the value of their...

One of the biggest frustrations about getting old is hearing younger people propose ideas that were debunked decades ago—and then getting “eyes glazed over” looks from them after explaining that we’ve already been there...

Over the course of 2022 and early 2023, tech innovators unleashed generative AI en masse, dazzling business leaders, investors, and society at large with the technology’s ability to create entirely new and seemingly human-made...

The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius once offered a bit of stoic wisdom about the importance of being grateful for the things we have. “Treat what you don’t have as nonexistent,” Aurelius wrote in “Meditations.” “Look...

On Halloween, 2022, some elected officials held a performative press conference to talk about “Zombie Apartments.” They claim property owners are engaging in a mass conspiracy to keep rent-stabilized apartments vacant in an attempt...

“Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home and in doing so we both amplify our joys and find consolation for our sorrows,” said Sir Roger Scruton in his 2009...

It is said that beauty preserves the human essence. Through time and modernity, styles will change but human nature, the truth at man’s core—remains constant. Behavioral scientists know this. Marketers know this. Those purveyors...

The overregulation of American housing markets began in the nation’s coastal, educated, productive enclaves. Over time, how-ever, barriers to building have spread. Tony suburbs of Phoenix and Austin, which once left their builders free...

Rising costs shock affordable housing developers followed by high interest rates and volatile construction costs. Developers are dizzy from volatile construction costs and rising interest rates. These costs shocked developers struggling to finance plans to...

If there is one word that best describes what’s impacting today’s multifamily market it’s uncertainty says National Apartment Association CEO Robert Pinnegar. In the wake of the Federal Reserve’s seven interest rate hikes that began...

A recent report by the Urban Land Institute has shined a light on recent growth in renter-by-choice households that is setting the past few years apart from prior cycles. The number of renters with...

The growing plan to save NYC’s public housing is heating up. In 2023, workers will finish renovations at thousands of public housing apartments in New York City. That might sound like a lot—but it’s just a...

WOTUS: Supreme Court On January 18, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a final WOTUS rule that will overlap with a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will define jurisdictional waters under...

Landlords pumped billions into apartment buildings during the pandemic. That bet could now go horribly wrong. While offices have been going through a paradigmatic shift as more workers do their jobs remotely, apartment buildings have...

Orders for American-made durable goods have fallen as business investments slump—a sign of an economic slowdown. The U.S. industrial sector has been falling into a slump after several years of rapid growth, with many economists...