FOL: Fear of layoff
On the whole, the U.S. job market is doing fairly well—the most recent national unemployment rate came in at a cool 3.5 percent. And yet, if you’ve been reading economic news lately, you might...
INFOGRAPHIC: The era of fiscal excess
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Lockdowns were the beginning of the end of office space as we’ve known it for over four decades. Work from home spurred vacancies expected to rise through 2025. The 2022 Fed interest rate...
Waters of the United States: The battle rages
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...
The case for space
Personally, I’m a big fan of markets, but I’m not much of a city guy. I’ve lived in urban areas before, and to me the benefits just don’t outweigh the cost of the hustle...
Tight fuel supplies. Faltering grid. What could go wrong?
As the snow flies and temperatures plummet, regulatory agencies and analysts alike warn that residents in multiple states are at an elevated risk of dangerous winter blackouts.
Areas like Texas, the Great Lakes region, New...
Categories hit hardest by inflation
Despite inflation cooling to the lowest level in more than three years in July, there’s no way around the fact that consumer prices in the United States have risen sharply over the past three...
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 ignoring bans against dancing and if you’re within earshot of...
Incivility and its discontents
Recently, in a rare moment, the Pennsylvania state party chairs, Democrat Nancy Patton Mills and Republican Val DiGigiorgio, agreed to participate in a student-organized forum on civil discourse and polarization on the campus of...
New national 988 mental health hotline
Americans can now dial 988 to get help for urgent mental health care and suicidal thoughts by dialing a new national three-digit hotline.
The new three-digit dialing code is designed to be as easy to...
Money for nothing
In 1985, British rock band Dire Straits complained, “They ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it; Money for nothing and your chicks for free.” The lyrics criticized the excesses of nouveau riche rock...
Switching off from work has never been harder, or more necessary
In the hit dystopian TV series Severance, employees at biotech corporation Lumon Industries find it easy to separate work and home life. A computer chip is inserted in their brains to act as a...
Does one size fit all?
Wiener offers the same basic solution for everyplace in this vast state of 58 counties and 482 cities, many of which are quite unique. Will the same tactics create significant amounts of new housing...
Regulations stunts housing (still)
A new Pew Charitable Trusts study examining jurisdictions that reformed zoning finds far lower rent increases there than elsewhere.
Zoning rules that severely restrict the construction of new housing are a major violation of property...
Getting creative on value-add deals
While investors remain bullish on value-add multifamily properties, people making such a financial commitment have at the same time been forced to readjust their sights (not to mention their expectations) in recent years, in...
Navigating multifamily risk
A new report from Yardi Matrix has highlighted rent growth and high supply amid low sales and price declines.
Real estate is a lot like the weather: A momentary appearance of sunshine usually hides a...
