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California Breaks CEQA Barrier To Reignite Housing Production

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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.

Help Wanted: 'The Most Powerful And Consequential Job In Housing'

Policy

Help Wanted: 'The Most Powerful And Consequential Job In Housing'

The newly-open FHFA permanent director position has become a lightning rod for battles over government's role in housing's affordability crisis.

Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

Policy

Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

A candid TBD one-on-one conversation with the top-20 ranked homebuilder's chief strategist, who believes 'politicized economics led to a bad recipe to stimulate the economy when they did.'

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

Policy

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

For those whose livelihoods stem from work producing homes in the housing crisis, each area of expertise looks through his or her own lens, and each assigns a different weight of importance to forces that impact that cost curve.

Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

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Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

Disparities -- directly tied to racial discrimination -- define the threshold of the 2020s. Will they define the decade?

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

Leadership

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

As market-rate builders sweat out Fed policy agenda on managing inflation and its impact on borrowing costs, site-level risk -- from potential construction defect backsliding -- also grows.

California Breaks CEQA Barrier To Reignite Housing Production

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.

Help Wanted: 'The Most Powerful And Consequential Job In Housing'

Policy

Help Wanted: 'The Most Powerful And Consequential Job In Housing'

The newly-open FHFA permanent director position has become a lightning rod for battles over government's role in housing's affordability crisis.

Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

Policy

Tri Pointe CEO Doug Bauer On The Inflation Spectre And His Plan For That

A candid TBD one-on-one conversation with the top-20 ranked homebuilder's chief strategist, who believes 'politicized economics led to a bad recipe to stimulate the economy when they did.'

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

Policy

Reg Burden's A Bane, But Fixing Rules Alone Doesn't Mean Gain

For those whose livelihoods stem from work producing homes in the housing crisis, each area of expertise looks through his or her own lens, and each assigns a different weight of importance to forces that impact that cost curve.

Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

Policy

Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis

Disparities -- directly tied to racial discrimination -- define the threshold of the 2020s. Will they define the decade?

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

Leadership

Builders Fret As The I-Word Bandies Between Wall Street And Capitol Hill

As market-rate builders sweat out Fed policy agenda on managing inflation and its impact on borrowing costs, site-level risk -- from potential construction defect backsliding -- also grows.