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Despite the rise in homelessness, the federal government continues to raise the barrier to creating shelter for those without permanent housing. Infusing bad actors with HUD money is another layer. In September the Biden admin....

GAAP stands for “generally accepted accounting principles,” and are a set of rules/standards for preparing and reporting financial statements in the U.S. (unless you’re a federal agency). RULES = U.S. private businesses + Federal agencies Federal agencies set...

This will slim you down six ways from Sunday. The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples’ money. —Margaret Thatcher $2.4 billion—federal losses under specially-created accounting rules by the federal government Creating...

High-income millennials and Gen Zers are choosing Class A apartments over home ownership. Is it a lifestyle choice or the economy? National Class A rents average $660 to $2,000 below the average monthly mortgage Hospitality-focused apartments Class...

Job openings at small businesses fire on all cylinders—despite Federal interest rate increases (up) 50 percent more job openings in April were by small/midsized employers compared to 2019 (down) 14 percent fewer job openings by larger...

Office demand is not returning. Owners working with lenders on short sales aren’t counted as foreclosures muffling the numbers. The volume of commercial property sales involving lender participation soared 83 percent in the first...

Launching from the bestselling 2008 book, Nudge, by Thayer and Sunstein, nudging became a cultural phenomenon. The concept assumes that behavior is better persuaded than regulated. Sounds good, but does it work? 400+ behavioral insight...

Rising interest rates, tighter lending and flattening rents in parts of the country have left property companies from California to Florida waiting for financing that may not come soon. +500 days (up 45% from 2019)...

^58 percent increase in requested quotes to thousands of appliance repair businesses y/y (2022-2023) ^43 percent increase in appliance spend in 2023 compared to 2013—rising from $390 to $558 over the decade Why? 1987. Home appliances...

Disparate impact of high interest rates has adversely impacted millions of low- and middle-income families—and housing providers. More often high interest rates depress stock and housing prices, and other asset values— impacting all income...

spend like there’s no tomorrow Runaway federal debt destabilizes resident incomes, interferes with housing production and depresses apartment rents (PRO IN THE KNOW) $35 trillion debtor Unrepentant, compulsive, unsustainable, untethered U.S. interest payment scenarios U.S. payments and rate projections...

1980 90 percent of uranium used in the U.S. was produced domestically 2021 5 percent of uranium used in the U.S. was produced domestically 55 nuclear power plants generated 20 percent of U.S. electricity 251 nuclear power plants generated...

download pdf Landlords rarely escape the machinations of politics. Just how far will tinkering with free markets go this election cycle? In an election-year effort to shift responsibility for the nation’s high costs of living away...

download pdf 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...

download pdf The new cap on annual rent increases will apply to a million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) apartments according to The Washington Post. 2020 Senator Sanders (Vt.) contends that federal control of the multifamily...