Infographic: Let my workers go
The release of America
As Americans fights to return to work and businesses begin to re-open, a funny thing is happening. Nothing.
0 increase in C19 cases in places restrictions were lifted People are getting back...
Infographic: The United States of apartment owners
50 largest multifamily housing owners by location
Shifting public opinion
58% Americans are pro real estate development compared to 49% y/y
40% support higher density apartments or taller buildings
46% say affordable housing is beneficial, up y/y from...
INFOGRAPHIC: Multifamily housing’s long-run labor crisis
Multifamily housing’s long-run labor crisis
The construction industry alone needs over 61,000 new hires every month just to keep up with industry growth and worker attrition. On-going labor shortages across all sectors will continue to...
Infographic: Comfort creatures
The curious case of comfort animals in apartments
Why pay a pet deposit when you can pass an animal off as a comfort animal? Or maybe a resident wants to circumvent a no-pet policy. The...
The vanishing apartment
The affordability crisis is creeping up into middle-income households according to Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 2020 report, America’s Rental Housing.
48% of renter households are considered cost-burdened. What does this mean? 21 million...
Infographic: Regulations rising
The National Association of Home Builders and the National Multifamily Housing Council found that regulations imposed by all levels of government (local, state, federal) account for 32.1 percent of the cost of an average...
INFOGRAPHIC: Next move
Next move
Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA was historic. Not only did the court rule that the 2015 Clean Power Plan was unconstitutional—it dramatically limited EPA’s power to regulate...
INFOGRAPHIC: Why Earth is setting records
Why Earth is setting weather records
Here’s the data on weather patterns and their potential impact on real assets in the decade ahead. The story begins with an eruption 100x the intensity of the Hiroshima...
INFOGRAPHIC: U.S. economy: mood or metrics?
As 2023 draws to a close, inflation risks remains—specifically housing, services and energy. It’s these data points keeping misery real. Does this signal recession ahead?
69% of Americans say the country is heading in the...
Infographic: Help wanted
Unprecedented! 10.1 million openings
Jobs
22 million jobs lost from lockdowns; almost three quarters of these have been replaced
13 million Americans still receive some form of government unemployment as well as many other government incentives (free...
INFOGRAPHIC: Grinding housing into votes
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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...
INFOGRAPHIC: More LIHTC
A bipartisan tax deal sets a path for more affordable rental units. Part of the broader Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, the proposal boosts low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC)...
INFOGRAPHIC: Have CRE foreclosures hit bottom? Probably not.
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...
Infographic: Pandemic pivot
Lockdowns fueled yet another wave of automation for many property management businesses. AI and 5G are expected to continue the momentum as the internet of things continues to grow and expand.
3 million jobs...
Infographic: Top U.S. Banks by uninsured deposits
Over 9,000 banks failed between 1930-1934 after the stock market crash. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created in response. Comparatively nine banks failed the following year.
$250 thousand
If a bank fails its uninsured...
