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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...
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BLS data show churn in construction jobs

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its report on job openings and labor turnover for February. As reported elsewhere, the headline...

A drop in the bucket

This week another spammer-scammer was sentenced for stealing your data. He'll be off to federal work camp for 17 months starting next month to...
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Census releases multifamily construction data for March, 2018

The Census Bureau, in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), released its monthly new residential construction report for March, 2018....
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BLS data show growth, stability in multifamily employment

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their report on job openings and labor turnover for February. The headline report showed little...

Rent increases match wages in February

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released reported Wednesday on earnings for employees on private, non-farm payrolls and on consumer prices. The reports show...
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President issues executive order to promote economic mobility

On Tuesday, President Trump issued an executive order requiring heads of federal government departments to assess what changes they can make, consistent with current...
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Is housing affordability as bad as we think?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its report: Consumer Expenditures in 2016. It contains estimates of both income and spending by category....

Facebook and Helen Keller

I'm rarely away from the office during work hours but I recently found myself in a line of about 8 people waiting for the...
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Construction material prices continue their rise

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Producer Price Index for March on Tuesday. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...

Our nation is changing

The pace is like at no other time in history. And here we are—apartment operators—at the center of it all. As the multifamily housing industry,...

Freddie Mac releases research on renters

Freddie Mac recently released the results of two polls. One studied renter preferences and attitudes. The other focused on renter mobility. Both provided interesting...

Tech wreck, the social media backlash

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in the data business. He has had this awareness, some say, since partnering with Sean Parker, cofounder of Napster...
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Yardi Martix report shows decelerating rent growth

The Yardi Matrix monthly multifamily report for March was released this week. It shows, that while rents rose nationally in March, the rate of...

The digital economy is now official

The Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agent of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in March released its first working paper assessing the economic value...

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