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Ageless tech
With the current real estate market not exactly favoring the buyer due to the interest rate hike and soaring housing prices, the demand for...
Clean Water Act: Time to re-think
The Clean Water Act turns 50 this fall—and like most things at age 50, it no longer functions like it once did. Congress passed the...
Understanding the Great Resignation
Jonathan Haidt’s latest essay, “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life have been Uniquely Stupid,” calls attention to concerns related to how Gen...
Rent control doesn’t work, anywhere
Sweden’s rent control is widely touted by many who don’t understand economics as a model for how a property market should work. Young people...
Crabs and capitalism
If you put a crab inside a bucket, it will crawl out. However, if you put multiple crabs in a bucket, they will all...
New national 988 mental health hotline
Americans can now dial 988 to get help for urgent mental health care and suicidal thoughts by dialing a new national three-digit hotline. The new...
Red tape fuels wildfires
Last summer, my family spent days smelling smoke and seeing thick plumes from the wildfires that surrounded our piece of Arizona. At night, flames...
Can Biden help housing? White House solution isn’t nearly enough.
At one time or another, every politician—local, state, and federal—promises to help create “affordable housing.” The issue has become especially critical of late with...
Prepping for the oncoming rate hikes
At the dawn of 2022, the outlook for multifamily real estate looked as bright as in the year just ending. Industry experts released bullish...
The makers
For the lion’s share of entrepreneurs, business owners and other captains of their own fate, American freedom is an immutable part of our DNA....
Apartment deals find equity investors in a changing environment
Apartment companies need more equity than ever to buy and build for a number of reasons: They are acquiring and developing apartments at record...
Renters renew at record levels
More apartment renters than ever are choosing to renew leases in the same unit, even as rents jump amidst rapid inflation. At the same...
Two of three private apartment deals off-market
Apartment buyers are turning to off-market transactions more frequently as a way to find opportunities and curb competition. According to Thomas Foley, co-founder and...
Returns on SFR tick downward
Average yields on three-bedroom single-family homes (SFR) ticked downward in 72 percent of U.S. counties surveyed leaving the average yield between 5 and 10...
U.S. housing market cools
Permits for future U.S. homebuilding tumbled to a five-month low in April, suggesting the housing market was slowing as rising mortgage rates contribute to...
