Slower start to the rent growth season
Yardi Matrix released its May report on the multifamily housing market. The report describes a market with moderating year-over-year rent growth but still-solid occupancy numbers. Rents move upward more slowly Yardi Matrix reported that the average rent...
PCBC looks at the multifamily housing market
At the Pacific Coast Builder's Conference in San Francisco, Ryan Davis of Witten Advisors gave an overview of the state of the economy in general and of the multifamily housing market in particular. Highlights...
Regulation and housing affordability discussed at PCBC
At the Pacific Coast Builder's Conference in San Francisco, Doug Bibby, President of NMHC, gave a talk about why rent control has become an issue, both in California with last year's Proposition 10, but...
Builders call on Congress to address housing affordability challenges
As the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) celebrates National Homeownership Month in June, builders are urging Congress to address America's housing affordability challenges. "Removing regulatory barriers that contribute to the increased costs of housing will pave the...
That which makes life worth living
The above words are those of T.S. Eliot. He’s not referring to wealth, liberty or even experience. What makes life worth living in the mind of T.S. Eliot and other great thinkers, is culture....
Ben Carson takes aim at red tape blamed for soaring housing costs
“Our country is facing serious housing affordability challenges,” Carson said. “Too many families can’t afford a home mortgage, and too many Americans face high rent prices. We must do more to increase supply and...
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...
The rights glut
I was asked recently whether I thought same-sex parents had the “right” to adopt. I said that I didn’t think anyone had a “right” to adopt. We decide who should adopt on the basis of...
Infographic: The business of space and stuff
Apartment operators lease livable space. Some of that space houses residents. But occupancy also means sheltering a resident’s stuff. And renters have a lot of stuff. Like an average of 300,000 items per person....
Regulating big tech: Is a day of reckoning coming?
The Justice Department is said to be planning an antitrust investigation into Google. Recently, the House Judiciary Committee launched its own antitrust probe. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission announced a probe into Facebook’s...
Lennar builds multifamily division
LMC is the sixth-largest apartment developer in the U.S., according to the National Multifamily Housing Council. Its parent company, Lennar is the second-largest homebuilder, according to Professional Builder magazine. LMV II, the newest of...
Why every company needs a chief experience officer
CX has become the new marketing. It influences brand perceptions and impacts business performance just as strongly as traditional marketing such as media advertising and price promotions once did. A good customer experience makes...
Infographic: Is convenience a fair trade for privacy?
Is convenience a fair trade for privacy? What level of market share constitutes a monopoly, effectively obstructing free market competition? Driver’s licenses, passports, mugshots—are searched using facial recognition technology by the FBI. Watchdogs have asked lawmakers...
Infographic: Tornado tumult
Tornado tumult Tornado count through May 2019. The total annual average is 743. This 2-year trend follows a lull in tornado activity stretching back to 2012. Thunderstorms: Earth’s cooling agent - In summer, hot,...
ESAs in rental apartments
The assistance animal is not a pet according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). There are only two questions that HUD says a housing provider should consider with a request for...
