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Podcasts continue to grow rapidly all around the world. Podcast statistics and reports show that this medium is exploding in many countries with more listeners each year.
Podcast stats tell more about how modern consumers...
The hidden tax moves in on residents
Proponents of big government spending have desperately argued that mounting price inflation is just temporary. But multiple alarming inflation metrics came out for April and May, and examples of rising prices are clear to...
THE CLOSER: New solutions to old problems: creating efficient and effective affordable housing...
It’s no secret that there is a nationwide housing crisis. According to the National Low Income Housing Council, “there is a shortage of more than 7 million affordable homes for our nation’s 10.8 million...
Demographic shifts in the workforce will make winners and losers
By 2030, approximately 693 million baby boomers will have reached retirement age. Meanwhile, nearly twice as many members of Generation Z—1.3 billion—will join the workforce over that time. This dramatic shift will have huge...
Multifamily faces a packed development pipeline
Apartment developers have not been shy about bringing new product to market in recent years. And early indications are that 2020 will be another boffo year. The question is after several big years of...
What to consider when buying property management software
Operating an apartment community is nearly impossible without the help of property management software. Choosing the right property management software is essential.
With the property technology market bursting at the seams, how can operators determine...
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...
Property rights versus labor unions in the Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court’s recent Obamacare case illustrates, the justices no longer enforce most of the Constitution’s limits on the federal government. But a new property rights decision demonstrates how they are super-enforcing the...
Right time. Right place.
Layoffs at American tech companies have become an opportunity for small businesses, as highly skilled workers look for new work.
Small businesses with less than 250 workers employed 58 percent of the total workforce in...
Household formation to fuel multifamily in 2020
Apartment production has returned to pre-recession levels and vacancies are low, but more new apartment homes are needed, according to experts participating in a press conference during the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)...
The tyranny of the Phillips Curve
Repeat after me, class: Growth does not cause inflation. Write it on the blackboard 100 times.
For decades, the economics profession has been trying to tell us all just the opposite. They keep shoveling out...
Driving long-term value
During challenging economic times, multifamily owners and operators often seek out helpful ways to address operational inefficiencies, boost cash flow, and preserve capital.
In today’s uncertain financial environment, strategic operational analysis and adjustments can help...
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...
Is the U.S. dollar finished?
In August 2005, a little-known financial analyst named Richard Bove issued an eight-page report for Punk, Ziegel, and Company, a boutique investment bank based in New York City.
The report, titled “This Powder Keg Is...
Defining essential: Never again
A year ago it may have been difficult to imagine a world where going to work, operating a sit-down restaurant, or engaging in business with consenting individuals was punishable by law—where going to the...
