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Prop tech paves the way
As an asset manager, it’s your responsibility to ensure that your assets remain competitive and relevant, manage risk, drive revenue growth, and consequently find...
Flexible leases form start-up
Investors are pumping money into real-estate startups that are pioneering flexible ways to rent apartments on the belief that remote working trends and new...
Tech growth expedites multifamily projects
At a recent ULI webinar, panelists discussed the advantages of alternative construction technologies, including modular development, panelization, mass timber, and precast concrete. The webinar...
Repurposing hotels helps with housing shortage
The pandemic in 2020 slowed tourism throughout the nation, leaving the hospitality industry economically devastated, with hotels and lodging among the hardest hit. After...
When Washington bureaucrats hold the reins of power
The Biden administration was in a box in late July. They desperately wanted to extend the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s controversial eviction...
Absolute zero
Decades of underinvestment and underbuilding continue to deepen a national housing shortage decoupled from demand since the 1980s. This was recently underscored by a...
Only dead fish swim with the current
It’s a glorious day in the rental business. I would say apartments, but the industry has been transitioning—again—to include single-family rentals (Demand drives pricing...
Consider the alternative
The pandemic has made large cash deposits a financial burden for some residents seeking to relocate. Providing alternatives to security deposits makes move-in more...
Rent relief for some
California Governor Gavin Newsom, along with leaders of the California state Assembly and Senate, reached agreement on Assembly Bill 832. This will increase the...
Demand drives pricing
The U.S. multifamily sector remains an attractive option for real estate investors looking for a safe haven. Beyond the pool of traditional buyers who...
The value of a road
A growing movement of local governments and communities across the United States is beginning to grapple with an unfortunate realization: The highway boom of...
CDC extends eviction moratorium—again
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has extended the agency’s eviction moratorium for renters until July 31, 2021....
How many will work remotely post-pandemic?
For all we know about our current housing market, the sources of demand, the supply headwinds and the changing financing landscape, one key variable...
Property rights versus labor unions in the Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court’s recent Obamacare case illustrates, the justices no longer enforce most of the Constitution’s limits on the federal government. But a...
Fighting the CDC eviction ban
In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) took the unprecedented step of banning evictions nation-wide, characterizing the action...
