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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Everyone is essential
UPDATED: April 30, 2020
30+ million unemployed
Breaking the previous record of 695,000 from 1982. Not counted are part-time, self—employed and gig workers who have also lost their livelihoods.
50 million deaths from Spanish Flu 1918-1919
234 thousand...
Infographic: C19 just the facts
Real guarantee: No models were used in the production of this report.
50% of those who contract the coronavirus are asymptomatic
80% of all coronavirus cases are mild according to the most recent studies...
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: 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: COVID-19 A break in the clouds
UPDATED: MAY 7, 2020
COVID-19 genesis
COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China. Asian Flu, SARS, H7N9 and others were borne of Asia’s close contact with wild animals, poor hygiene and concentrated population.
It‘s thought that COVID-19 was passed...