Infographic: GDP MSA
15 cities with the highest U.S. metro GDPs totaling $20.9 trillion according to the latest U.S. BEA data (2021) The U.S. is the largest GDP in the world. The nation’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) generated...
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...
Infographic: CRE pivot
With lockdowns came a seismic shift in the way executives work. But remote work is only one in a cascade of events forever changing large city inner cores and their supporting commercial ecosystems. What’s...
Infographic: The Q4 $1.7 trillion spending plan is now law
Here’s the multifamily housing industry take December’s massive government spending law signals the end of two years of Democrat control of the federal government. The law funds federal departments, agencies and programs impacting housing especially favoring...
Infographic: Bringing down the roof
Home builders met in record numbers in Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 31-Feb. 2. The International Builders’ Show, the largest light construction show in the world offered over 100 educational sessions including NAHB Economist Robert...
Infographic: State business tax climate (2023)
Oregon -15 Washington -15 Virginia -10 Since 2014 these three states have fallen more than 10 points driving out business and revenue with no end in sight. Carolina +21 Kentucky +17 Tennessee +10 These states are open for business. These three...
Infographic: Energy’s wild ride
250 billion sq. ft. across 100 million buildings makes up the total universe of U.S. residential floor space. RESIDENTIAL SPACE UNIVERSE 18 percent of residential space spans duplexes, apartments, condos. 75 percent of U.S. space...
Infographic: Can’t beat ‘em
San Francisco-based Airbnb’s new internet listing service (ILS) is exclusively for rental apartments. Dubbed Airbnb-Friendly Apartments, the platform already includes notables Equity Residential, Greystar, and Camden Property Trust. 20 percent cut Landlords receive a share of...
Infographic: Stagflation
Ghosts of economies past: 39 v 46 The similarities between the presidencies of Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter have given many pause. Is America on track to repeat the pain of the what many believe...
Infographic: Darkest before the light
Darkest before the light: Preparing for a failing U.S. electric grid As the number and duration of U.S. power outages rises, carbon-based power plants are being shuttered before they are effectively replaced. The result, experts predict,...
Infographic: Money talks
ESG (environmental, social, governance) standards break the business convention of evaluating business performance based on quantitative financial metrics. This is a major shift in the centuries-old value model familiar to most Americans: investor value. ESG...
Infographic: Inflation
Inflation is a broad rise in prices when Government prints more money to pay for programs and entitlements People who have more money spend more money Output volume doesn’t keep pace with demand ...
Infographic: Energy rising
Energy rising Already vexed by historic levels of inflation, housing operators and residents also bare the financial weight of sudden and fast-rising electricity, natural gas and oil prices. Waiting in the wings, EPA is building...
Infographic: It’s good to be in apartments
Multifamily assets experienced record appreciation, including its largest single quarter growth in the history of the Freddie Mac index: In the last year, property prices grew by 19.6 percent, mortgage rates increased 6 basis...
Infographic: Demographic shift toward lower taxes, free economies
While data collection does not include specifics on why people move, data scientists have drawn a correlation between low-tax, low-cost states and population growth. +0.1% U.S. population growth (July y/y) at an all-time historic low Why? ...