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: 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: Happy. Happy. Happy.
Happy. Happy. Happy. Job satisfaction hit a 36-year high in 2022. This is great news having moved through a wave of quiet quitting. There’s just one caveat. Worker productivity contemporaneously fell at the fastest...
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: Sudden immigrant impact
A recent Gallup poll—taken weeks after Title 42 restrictions on immigration were lifted (May 11)—shows public support of immigration declining.
Industry associations continue to press for immigration reform as immigrants are vital to the building...
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....
Infographic: The business of government
Lest we forget. The U.S. government is a business that mines its value from its citizens and their productivity.
Often called the Backbone of the Nation, the real estate eco system is the country’s largest...
Infographic: Discrimination domino effect
In June the Supreme Court struck down race-based admissions in Students for Fair Admissions versus Harvard and University of North Carolina. The decision affects higher education but it signals legal risk in the workplace...
Infographic: Big bang theory
Resuming student loan payments with interest at the end of the summer after a three year federal program pause could trigger a tidal wave of defaults according to a new report. Those ages 25...
INFOGRAPHIC: The U.S. economy in 8 charts
The U.S. economy in 8 charts
The pandemic unleashed unprecedented federal fiscal and monetary actions “investing” trillions of dollars. This opportunistic spending spree left the U.S. with a weakened economy, inflation and a looming debt...
Infographic: The Big Squeeze
It’s hard, even impossible, to resist the siren of the algorithm. The lure of big tech and its promise to improve apartment operations only intensifies.
In turn, big tech is in the business of big...
Infographic: The path less sustainable
In May Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan released a 681-page Emissions Program for comment. If implemented, the plan will significantly increase costs for 62 percent of the U.S. electrical supply at...
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: 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: Rummage sale: appliances, clothing, federally-funded apartment loans and more
Signature Bank—the third largest bank failure in history—was seized by the FDIC earlier this year in March. The auction of the $33 billion in real estate loans and other assets is the largest commercial...
