Policy
California Breaks CEQA Barrier To Reignite Housing Production
Championed aggressively by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the historic environmental law reform unlocks the potential for infill housing—and could become a model for other high-barrier states.
Policy
Owner-Occupiers: An Endangered Species For New Homes?
Just beneath Zillow Offers' demise roils an issue that ties Wall Street, Main Street, and Capitol Hill into a Gordian Knot. At stake, homeownership as an earned ladder-wrung to the American Dream.
Policy
Big Gov And Wall Street Go Toe To Toe Over Private Equity Influx Into SFR
In Capitol Hill hearings, surging corporate private equity investment in residential real estate — particularly into single-family rental portfolios — gets the third degree
Land
Twin Risks — Local & Federal — Loom On Built-For-Rent Horizon
With monster-sized wagers, investors are thronging into the newly built single-family-rental market, confident in a market tilting in their favor is high. Still, what about all that entitlement risk?
Leadership
What Is Affordable? Do Market Rate Builders Need To Know?
Monthly payment power equates to how builders measure their ability to build and deliver affordably. Interest rates are the biggest stressor to this benchmark in the near future.
Leadership
As Stresses Pile Up, People Mean More Than Ever As Ways Forward
None of today's array of risks, threats, and challenges is insurmountable if leaders sustain the trust, resolve, and focus of team members.
