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Rent control may be making a comeback in the U.S., but the controversial policy had an unceremonious ending in Berlin barely a year after going into effect. “A controversial rent cap to control soaring rents...

As a commercial interiors firm, a question we hear a lot recently is “Are multifamily developers renovating amenities because of the pandemic?” The answer is a bit more nuanced than a straight “yes” or...

Apartments are small business There are 30,748,033 small business in the U.S. according to the Small Business Association. Small businesses are defined as less than 500 employees. Ninety-nine percent of U.S. businesses are small businesses...

Renters were flocking to new apartment buildings in downtowns across the Midwest, often filling these spaces before construction even wrapped. Renters by choice—both young and old—wanted to live in the urban hearts of cities,...

President Biden is touting his new $2.3 trillion+ spending plan as a boon to workers, even dubbing it the “American Jobs Act.” But there’s reason to believe that a key provision in Biden’s plan...

The never-ending flood of deliveries is creating a lot of new headaches for multifamily building managers. The most obvious is accepting these now essential deliveries in a safe and organized manner. But another problem, one...

A year into the pandemic, the implications of how COVID-19 has changed how people will work from now on are becoming clear. Many employees will be working in a hybrid world with more choices...

To boost housing, cities like Berkeley and Sacramento are striking down single-family zoning laws and encouraging more dense development, joining a nationwide trend. It was a small step, with huge symbolic significance: The city council...

Undeniably, as we progress through 2021, one of the hottest trends in multifamily will continue to be technology and automation. According to the 2019 Zillow Consumer Housing Trends Report, 43 percent of Gen Z buyers...

There’s this assumption that having low-income housing in your neighborhood has a corrosive effect on your property values, but there are some new reports that show it ain’t necessarily so. The first is from Redfin....

A common government response to the pandemic has been to freeze evictions to keep people housed. While these moratoria may be attractive on the surface, this shortsighted tactic will only constrict access to affordable...

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...

Kushner Cos. sold two apartment complexes in the Baltimore area for a total of $240 million, part of an ongoing push by the company to unload about half of its assets in Maryland, a...

Deals on apartments were so enticing that Tice, a tech worker, was willing to give up the most elusive of city dwellings: a rent-controlled one-bedroom. Tice moved from a small, run-down Lower East Side apartment...

The deregulation of real estate markets doesn’t just make economic sense. It is also a moral imperative. In the early twentieth century, known as the “progressive era,” the United States embarked on a spree of...