Resuming student loan payments with interest at the end of the summer after a three year federal program pause could trigger a tidal wave...

The Power Plant Rule published by EPA in May targets U.S. power produced using coal and natural gas. These sources currently constitute 60 percent...

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...

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...

Breaking buildings Commercial real estate CLOs (collateralized loan obligations) are mortgages that are packaged into bonds and sold to investors. CLOs are widely used...

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...

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...

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...

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...

With lockdowns came a seismic shift in the way executives work. But remote work is only one in a cascade of events forever changing...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

ESG (environmental, social, governance) standards break the business convention of evaluating business performance based on quantitative financial metrics. This is a major shift in...

Inflation is a broad rise in prices when Government prints more money to pay for programs and entitlements People who have more money...

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...

Multifamily assets experienced record appreciation, including its largest single quarter growth in the history of the Freddie Mac index: In the last year, property...

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%...

The National Association of Home Builders and the National Multifamily Housing Council found that regulations imposed by all levels of government (local, state, federal)...

In a recent NAHB Power Hitters episode, top economist, Robert Dietz cited student debt payment freezes as one reason for record levels of cash...

Rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city—except for bombing. (Swedish economist and socialist Assar Lindbeck) St. Paul,...