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The grandest of urban experiments
San Francisco has a housing problem.
Among other challenges, tech has overtaken the City and exacerbated a housing shortage that was already one of the...
It’s great to be in the apartment business
It’s Five Bullet Friday and it’s great to be in the apartment business. Rents have generally remained steady, apartment construction is up, and Mike...
Zuckerberg implements changes to Facebook news
Social advertising is the top communications channel for apartment communities to rent units and retain residents within their communities, particularly Millennials. Facebook's reach is...
Growth through high density housing
An organization called Up For Growth has issued a report on housing underproduction in the U.S. along with their proposed approach for addressing the...
Micro-units remain big for some apartment developers
If you think micro-units have had their 15 minutes of fame, think again. Think tanks, policy makers and apartment notables are looking at high-density...
Seattle to appeal rejection of first-in-time law
The Seattle Times reports that Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes will appeal the ruling which declared the city's first-in-time, first-in-line renter protection law to...
SALT, sanctuary and rent control, oh my
Fast five facts on the state of California
California has the nation’s highest income tax rates, topping out at 13.3 percent of taxable income (SALT=state...
Affordable housing dies a slow death in California
The activists are restless in California. This past week The Wall Street Journal broke the news that the required threshold of signatures has been achieved...
Top 10 markets for multifamily pay and for job growth
The Census Bureau released the 2016 County Business Patterns (CBP) report on April 19. Using data from this report and from the 2015 CBP...
Top 50 metros for multifamily employment
The 2016 County Business Patterns (CBP) report was recently released by the Census Bureau. A dive into the report's data reveals the metro areas with...
I heart Mike Rowe
Honest. Straight up. Tells it like it is. Wendy Broffman, MHP correspondent, just wrapped up our interview with Mike Rowe, skilled trade genius and...
Construction still recovering from the housing bust
Last week, the Census Bureau released the 2016 County Business Patterns (CBP) report. The report shows that housing construction employment and the number of...
Multifamily employment and businesses growing
Last week, the Census Bureau released the 2016 County Business Patterns (CBP) report. Comparing this report to those from prior years paints a picture...
My report from the future
It’s the age of the vanishing. Vanishing keys. Vanishing remotes. Vanishing light switches. Just what else will vanish as voice control takes over in...
ULI presents real estate economic forecast
Wednesday, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) presented its most recent semi-annual real estate economic forecast, which extends through 2020. The ULI forecast is based...
