Policy
California Lawmakers Pass Landmark Transit-Density Housing Bill
California’s Legislature has passed SB 79, a sweeping housing bill that overrides local zoning to allow multifamily housing near transit. The measure—years in the making—cements the state’s role as a national bellwether for density reforms.
Policy
A Tale Of Two Markets: Housing's Split Personality Challenges All
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies annual analysis, "The State of The Nation's Housing 2021," releases today, diving deep in the data that tells housing's sharp divides.
Land
Drought Shifts Wildfire's Fault Lines Into No Man's Land Buys
Arguments pro and con on the risks of development, where and where not to develop, who's got which rights to do what, etc., are the matters of power, money, and politics. Meanwhile, there's a housing affordability crisis.
Policy
Oval Reach: White House Plan To Bolster Building Supply Chain
The Biden-Harris Administration's 100-day review of the U.S. supply chain crisis across key sectors gives specific focus to what ails homebuilders now. Is that a good thing?
Capital
Talking Housing Bubble? Start Talking Turkey ... And Talking Taper
Global house prices reached unprecedented peaks at historical 12-month rates of growth. Is there a taper-tantrum in oaur near future?
Brief
Price Tag For Regulation Costs On New Home Construction: $94K
A 24% slice of the new-home selling price pie goes now to "regulatory burden," the weight of land-use permitting, impact fees, cost-of-time charges, etc. in the pre-construction stages, and the added expense of start-to-completion construction cycle code and regulation.
