Our cities are zoned out
Urban zoning is an issue on which the left and the right often find common ground: they don’t like it. The left often because...
Which multifamily market will see the highest rent growth in 2025?
Moody’s Analytics associate director and economist Nick Villa gazes into his crystal ball to determine which markets will see the highest apartment rent growth...
Buy multifamily – market conditions favor investment
Now is the time to buy multifamily, said Peter Standley, director of Marcus & Millichap's multifamily division, while discussing the state of industry on...
Vitruvius: The Roman architect who laid the foundation of western architecture
In 2007, a survey by The Harris Poll found that 72 percent of Americans prefer classical federal buildings to modernist ones. A smaller 2020...
Affordable housing in the U.S.
Housing affordability has emerged as a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential election. Both Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump have talked...
The U.S. does not have a housing shortage
The word “shortage” has a very specific meaning. It refers to the inability to purchase a good at the current market price (or at...
Costco life
Costco has jumped into the nation’s affordable housing crisis. The warehouse retailer, which operates more than 500 stores across the U.S., broke ground on...
Inflation is the most destructive disease known to modern societies —Milton Friedman
Here’s how.
1 Shoe leather
The resources and energy people use to convert deteriorating currency into stable assets are costly. Economists call this shoe leather costs,...
Paying the fox to watch the chickens: The war on private housing
Despite the rise in homelessness, the federal government continues to raise the barrier to creating shelter for those without permanent housing. Infusing bad actors...
The price of disorder
I was once pitched a deal in the heart of the Amazon—Manaus, Brazil. What was I buying? Firstly, a commercial asset. But I couldn’t...
San Francisco city council targets free speech to cover up its own housing failures
The San Francisco city council is smashing the mirror because it doesn’t like the face staring back at it.
The council just approved a ban...
California to turn unused school land into millions of housing units
In an effort to address a lack of housing that officials say has contributed to a shrinking teaching workforce, the California Department of Education...
Market set for recovery
The multifamily housing market is showing promising signs of recovery, with recent data from CoStar Group revealing a significant increase in demand and stabilization...
The housing theory of childless cat ladies
Would a YIMBY building boom rejuvenate urban family life or produce sterile, megacity hellscapes?
Housing Boom = Baby Bust?
America’s low birth rate is in the...
Is land-use regulation holding back construction productivity?
Ed Glaeser is perhaps the pre-eminent urban economist working today, and I’ve cited his work repeatedly when looking at land-use restrictions and burdens on...