Tag: Blog
Renters rising across America
It’s official. The percentage of renters rose across all 50 of the nation’s largest cities between 2006 and 2016 according to real estate website...
Living with the risk of wildfires in California
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visited Redding, California, Friday to survey the damage from the state’s unprecedented wildfires. Nielsen called the scenes “truly...
Report show slower rent growth
The Yardi Matrix Monthly Multifamily report on rent growth for July was released recently. It reported that rents continued their rise nationally, although more...
Construction material prices rise more slowly in July
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for July. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for intermediate...
Report shows slow multifamily job growth
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for June was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this week. Its data on...
Everyone (still) has a story
You walk amongst giants lest you forget. You are the country’s innovators. Leaders. Risk-takers. Those who house America. It’s the noblest of professions and...
GDP: Up, up, up
It’s a red-letter day. Today the Commerce Department released its much-awaited Q2 GDP data.
The swirl around this announcement draws from a humming economy and...
Lumber prices continue to surge in June
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for June. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for intermediate...
The Landlord Police
This week in Portland NAHB is voting on the Federal Anti-Poverty and Economic Mobility Initiative resolution. The resolution calls on Congress to make changes...
Trade wars
U.S. farmers have been on a tear to move soybeans to China in front of the 25 percent tariff the Chinese government has said...
The rent’s too high? Ease runaway regulation
There’s not enough affordable rental housing in America, and not enough deals that pencil to build more. The lack of land, labor and lumber...
Feeling younger = younger brain
If you feel younger than your actual age, your brain may be aging more slowly than others. Subjective age—feeling 40 when you’re 60—in older...
New privacy laws will affect California apartment owners
California has passed a consumer privacy law that will compel significant changes on companies that deal in personal data. Silicon Valley internet companies, tech...
Compound word for the day: self-awareness
Northern California, the startup cradle of the world, is replete with superhumans. If you doubt me, just ask them. To live here is to...
Test your start-up idea
If start-ups had a motherland, it would be the U.S. with 45,360 new businesses in 2017 (second place is India with 5,384). Northern California...
