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Construction material prices steady in February
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for February, 2019. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...
Census releases housing construction data for January 2019
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for January 2019. If it seems like you were just reading about the December...
Measuring Millennials
Pew Research recently released a study of Millennials as young adults (aged 25 to 37) and compared their characteristics to the traits of the...
Virginia passes tenant protections
Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia recently signed a number of measures designed to increase tenant protections in the state. Several other bills with the...
RentCafe sees boom in older renters
A new report from RentCafe looks at the changing demographics of the renting population in the United States. It concludes that renters over the...
Studying transit oriented development
A recently released study on the impact on new housing construction of zoning changes allowing higher density development near transit stations in the city...
Assessing and addressing California’s housing needs
Governor Newsom of California recently made waves when his administration sued the city of Huntington Beach over its failure to meet state mandates for...
Census releases housing construction data for December
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for December, 2018. The report shows a softening in multifamily housing construction. The report...
Losing Millennials
Millennials are sometimes seen as the “forever renter” generation. Their high levels of student loan debt, their late age for getting married and starting...
De Blazsio takes on landlords
Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City has been in the news recently with comments he has made about bad landlords and his...
Should multifamily operators also own single family rentals?
A recent report by John Burns Real Estate Consulting asserts that single-family rentals should be part of any multifamily rental property portfolio. It suggests...
Construction materials prices moderate in January
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for January, 2019. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...
Getting to the carbon-free future
A new report seeks to build support for eliminating the use of fossil fuels within buildings in California. In the wake of the introduction of...
Jobs markets show strength
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for December was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Tuesday. Its data on the...
HUD and NYCHA reach agreement – again
On January 31, HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced an agreement to resolve problems at the New York City Housing Authority’s properties. In addition to...
