Study: Unbundle Parking for the Most Effective Transportation Demand Management
"Separating the cost to rent a parking space from the cost of renting an apartment or condo may be one of the most effective ways for real-estate developers and property managers to support a more...
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Report: Multi-Family Construction Outpacing Demand in Some Parts of the Country
Steve Brown reports: "Apartment construction in the Dallas area will far outpace demand, according to a new report by Yardi Systems Inc."Publication Date: Tue, 06/26/2018
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Construction Versus Conservation: A Local Case Study
"Not long ago," Payton Chung writes, "shiny new high-rise apartments around Navy Yard rented for more than the old rowhouses on the Hill. Now that many shiny high-rises have been built, they've become...
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California REITS Have Much at Stake on Election Day
"No public company has more at stake in the outcome of Proposition 10, the November ballot measure that would let California cities impose stricterPublication Date: Sat, 08/04/2018
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Is Residual Income a Better Metric for Housing Affordability?
A working paper from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies examines housing affordability on the basis on residual income, a metrPublication Date: Wed, 09/26/2018
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Chicago's 606 Bike Path Made Gentrification Inevitable, Expert Claims
Logan Square rents and property values have been on the rise, particularly in the part of the neighborhood around the 606. Whether or not the trail and its planners deserved any of the blame for that...
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More Evidence That New Housing Lowers Rents (Maybe)
Even if new housing reduces rents regionwide, scholars are divided as to when and whether new market-rate apartments reduce rents in nearby blocks. A new study seeks to answer this question.
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Homeownership Rebounds
Andrew Van Dam reports: "New data indicate that in 2016, in defiance of myriad prognostications, the decade-long dPublication Date: Fri, 03/08/2019
View ArticleLEED Spells Rent Premiums in D.C.
The Washington, D.C.Publication Date: Tue, 06/04/2019
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Doubt Cast on Induced Demand for Housing
Pointing to an upcoming paper studying whether new luxury housing raises rents, Joe Cortright makes a case that induced demand theories for housing may be off-base. "The induced demand theory...
View ArticleRents Grow Fastest in Houston's Opportunity Zones
R.A. Schuetz reports from Houston, where Rent.com data shows rents rising fastest in parts of the city deemed in need of a federal tax break meant to create jobs and spur development in low-income...
View ArticleTwo Perspectives on Surging Canadian Housing Costs
A debate piece looks at the issue of rising housing costs in Canadian cities and whether foreign buyers are the source of the problem. Bob Hutchings argues that non-residents are buying up a large...
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Phoenix, No Longer an Affordable Housing Haven
"Phoenix long has been considered an inexpensive place to live, but that may be changing. Even some middle-class people are struggling to make ends meet as the desert city experiences some of the...
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In L.A., Coronavirus Increases Landlord-Tenant Disputes
"In what may be an early sign of economic dislocation to come, the Los Angeles Police Department is now responding to almost three times as many disputes between landlords and tenants as it was just...
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