A proposed federal crackdown on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes has yet to take effect, but the housing market is already showing signs of a shift. New data from Cotality shows that buying activity by the largest residential investors -- companies owning 1,000 or more properties -- declined almost immediately after Washington signaled plans to restrict large-scale investor...
The build-to-rent (BTR) industry can finally breathe a collective sigh of relief after the passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act ended months of legislative uncertainty. This development is a win for the industry. But questions remain about how much uncertainty still looms over future legislation and implementation, how quickly BTR can recover the ground it lost, and where investment and...
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is again pressing Congress to ease the cost of condominium safety repairs. This time, she has teamed with Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) to revive a bill that stalled in committee three years ago. They have reintroduced the Making Condos Safer and Affordable Act around the anniversary of the deadly 2021 condo tower collapse in Surfside, Florida. The bill would...
A Bloomberg op-ed published this week makes a provocative argument: houses are no longer the best place for your money. I’m not here to defend housing. I’m here to defend fact and data over narrative — and in this case, the analysis doesn’t hold up. I promise I’m not here to pick apart another publication’s article — but I’m here to say I disagree with core components of the argument....
Economic activity increased at a slight to moderate pace in 11 of 12 Federal Reserve districts during late May and June — matching the previous period’s pace. Latest Federal Reserve Beige Book data shows consumer spending edging up, but higher fuel prices are dampening discretionary sales and pushing many households to seek cheaper goods. Construction and real estate activity increased slightly...
It’s hard to overstate how dramatically real estate software has changed over the last few years. We went from clunky, slow, and expensive CRMs to AI-powered video apps — seemingly overnight. While we focused on building our brands and trying to make sense of social media trends, the companies that make the software we use ballooned into a $10 billion+ industry. With that much cold, hard cash being...
Resting, loafing, lounging, daydreaming. Whatever you call it, do you do enough of it? If not, I heartily recommend that you begin. It’s impossible to keep up a constant stream of work and activity — we all need time to slow down. Downtime is often when our best ideas percolate, and it...
Image CEO Stephen Budorick discusses the company's strong operating performance, recent credit rating upgrade, and how rising U.S. defense spending is creating long-term growth...
Image Data center REITs own and manage highly specialized facilities that house the critical IT infrastructure that powers today’s...
Image CEO John Kite says the REIT has spent the past two years reshaping its...
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