INFOGRAPHIC: Independent contractors targeted
A new Biden administration rule goes into effect March 11, imposing stricter measures to determine whether companies can classify their workers as independent contractors. The new regulation could affect millions of workers.
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Empire OK building
If one developer has their way, it won’t be New York or California that has the highest skyscraper in America but Oklahoma City.
Matteson Capital has been planning out a complex called the Boardwalk at...
Another great moment in history: NAHB Multifamily Pillar’s awards
It doesn’t get bigger than this. The National Association of Home Builders, one of the largest and most influential trade associations in the country, has grown alongside the nation and its housing providers for...
Negative leverage: The Fed’s gift to apartment investors
The Federal Reserve’s inflation of the money supply and interest rate manipulation distort capital markets through, among other things, the creation of asset bubbles. As the cost of borrowing decreases and cheap money floods...
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 keyboards forevermore.
The capability—to talk with your database each morning to...
3 Ways to maximize NOI in multifamily housing
With mortgage interest rates on the verge of 8 percent—a 23-year high—and a looming recession on the horizon, home purchasing power is down and multifamily housing remains in high demand with just a 6.6...
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 vacant homes.
LendingTree analyzed and ranked the latest U.S. Census Bureau...
INFOGRAPHIC: An inside job: the invisible tax on renters
Called the “invisible tax” because it allows government agencies to print money, soaring inflation has crippled renter household budgets for years. The rate of increase is beginning to slow but residents have yet to...
When the national population leads, the local population disappears
Not counting the District of Columbia with a population density of 11,535 people per square mile (p/mi2) while the smallest area in the country, the densest state by population is New Jersey with a...
Incandescent bulbs banned (again)
The Biden Administration has implemented a ban on incandescent light bulbs in favor of energy-efficient bulbs, following a years-long bipartisan effort to phase out the bulbs after earlier regulations and standards were blocked by...
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 between different software systems, and so power everything from social...
Cool new lockers hit the market
Refrigerated package lockers have recently been introduced to the market, spurred by the increase in deliveries of meals from companies like Blue Apron and Hello Fresh, and produce and refrigerated items ordered through Amazon’s...
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 city.
The data was recently made available via a new data...
The front line in affordable housing
In 2012, Congress authorized RAD which allows PHAs and owners of other properties financed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to convert units from their original sources of HUD financing to...
Empty offices, troubled malls become new “15-Minute Cities”
At ULI’s Spring Meeting apartment experts found new solutions and opportunities to build—even in uncertain times.
A questionable economy and high-interest rates are not stopping apartment developers from making new plans to transform communities.
“We keep...
