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Large apartment complexes account for 28 percent of California rental market

Large apartment complexes house about a quarter of renters across California, with the bulk of the state’s tenants living in small buildings owned by mom-and-pops. The largest California rental complexes, those with 20 or more...

Signals may point to increased transaction volume ahead

Multifamily investors may have something to look forward to next year according to recent signals from FHFA, the Federal Reserve, and Freddie Mac. After a sluggish 2023, market experts anticipate increased transaction volume thanks...

Switching off from work has never been harder, or more necessary

In the hit dystopian TV series Severance, employees at biotech corporation Lumon Industries find it easy to separate work and home life. A computer chip is inserted in their brains to act as a...

Your brain on the holidays

Just as the shift to shorter days and colder weather can bring with it mood swings and other emotional challenges, the holiday season can also bring about somewhat predictable changes in mood and behavior. Around...

Americans turn to more financing as savings run dry

An increasing number of Americans—many of whom are renters—are turning to buy now and pay later (BNPL) services like layaway as they continue to drain their savings and interest rates on credit cards grow,...

One year after winter storm Elliot, our grid problem remains dire

Last year, on the morning before Christmas, just as much of the country was preparing food for a holiday dinner that night or preparing for the next day as they welcomed family and guests...

Mission critical: Expanding U.S. electric grid capacity

When there are existential threats to the freedoms the U.S. enjoys, Americans have proven they can mobilize to address them. At the start of World War II, the U.S. military was the 12th-largest in...
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Choppy waters ahead. Big data can be the compass

“In bear markets, stocks return to their rightful owners,” said J.P. Morgan. What Morgan was getting at is that generating strong returns during a bull market is essentially investing in “easy mode.” And while a...

The tyranny of the Phillips Curve

Repeat after me, class: Growth does not cause inflation. Write it on the blackboard 100 times. For decades, the economics profession has been trying to tell us all just the opposite. They keep shoveling out...

Clearing roadblocks to affordability

It’s no secret that the U.S. has a dearth of affordable rental options for the nation’s most vulnerable households. This scarcity of housing makes it a priority for multifamily to produce more affordable housing,...

The seeing issue

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free, said Michelangelo. Innovation, invention, creation. It’s the ability to see things that others do not and set the ideas, process,...

5 cases to watch in Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term

The Supreme Court will resume hearing cases in October. Here are five upcoming cases that the high court will hear: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited Does the Constitution matter? In...

Apartment properties decarbonize or face fines

In a growing number of places, apartment properties are likely to have to reduce the carbon they contribute to the atmosphere. Cities, towns and entire states across the U.S. have declared war on climate change—...

L.A. reports 50,000 unpaid rent notices

Nearly 50,000 eviction notices were filed between February and August in Los Angeles, according to City Controller Kenneth Mejia, chief accounting officer for the city. The data was recently made available via a new data...

When data talks back: Using AI to talk with your database

Early adopters in multihousing and other industries are using AI to have daily conversations with their databases to mine business insights—freeing them up from keyboards forevermore. The capability—to talk with your database each morning to...
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