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Ben Carson takes aim at red tape blamed for soaring housing costs
“Our country is facing serious housing affordability challenges,” Carson said. “Too many families can’t afford a home mortgage, and too many Americans face high...
Airbnb loses huge battle
The ruling by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit is a setback for the home-sharing platforms in their effort to avoid regulation by...
When the national population leads, the local population disappears
Not counting the District of Columbia with a population density of 11,535 people per square mile (p/mi2) while the smallest area in the country,...
The rights glut
I was asked recently whether I thought same-sex parents had the “right” to adopt. I said that I didn’t think anyone had a “right”...
Regulating big tech: Is a day of reckoning coming?
The Justice Department is said to be planning an antitrust investigation into Google. Recently, the House Judiciary Committee launched its own antitrust probe. Last...
The one issue every economist can agree is bad: Rent control
But there are a few questions where there’s near unanimity, and rent control is one of them. Pretty much every economist agrees that rent...
Breathing new life
Parcels at Concourse, crowned Community of the Year by the Pillars judges, not only revitalized a long-deserted historic building in a declining area of...
Fighting back
There was a sign posted on a wall of St. Thomas More school in Bel-Nor, Mo, entitled, “Lest we forget.” It was a short...
Destined for disruption
On April 8, 74 working days into construction, President, Katerra Materials Trevor Schick confirmed that the project was on schedule for completion by April...
The big, fat, beautiful number zero
President Trump heralded the latest clarification of the tax law on a recent trip to Ohio saying that the tax had been lowered “all...
Multifamily rentals are still alive and kickin’
Brace yourself. I’m about to unleash a tsunami of data to make the argument that the multifamily market is going strong, despite the sturm...
Research: When Airbnb listings in a city increase, so do rent prices
But what does the company’s growth and popularity mean for the cities and municipalities it operates in? According to Airbnb, it brings more money...
Alan Greenspan: Can the U.S. economy stay on top?
But former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan does not see a recession on the horizon, based on an indicator his firm constructed and tracks. “Right...
Incivility and its discontents
Recently, in a rare moment, the Pennsylvania state party chairs, Democrat Nancy Patton Mills and Republican Val DiGigiorgio, agreed to participate in a student-organized...
Housing finance reform: Here we go again
Now the Senate is stepping up. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Ida.) said he is making housing finance reforms a key focus area...
