Getty For many people returning to their offices after more than three months in lockdown, doing so will be like visiting the ruins of a bygone era. Working from home, call it distributed work, remote work or work from anywhere, is definitely here to stay. No matter how much we spend on partitions, colored safety
Real Estate
“We already have the money” to address the rental crisis in the nation, Rep. Alexandria … [+] Ocasio-Cortez said in a live workshop on eviction defense. ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, an educator seeking a seat in Congress, came together Wednesday evening to call for rent relief, as eviction cases
Buildings should be of their time, not rigidly classically styled. Universal Images Group via Getty Images The American Institute of Architects (AIA) strongly supports legislation proposed today that would thwart an anticipated Executive Order mandating classical architecture as the preferred design style for federal courthouses and other federal properties. The legislation, proposed July 15, 2020
Wendy Gilch’s platform, Selling Later, allows homeowners, who mull selling, to share images and … [+] details about their abodes in order to gauge buyer’s interest – and even to find a potential purchaser – before actually listing on the market. Getty When Wendy Gilch and her husband sold their townhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and
Apartments in Austin, Texas. Getty So far, so good for the apartment business, but there’s a yellow flag on the track. Everybody thought that when forbearance came up, a lot of tenants would stop paying their rent. Well, tenants kept paying their rent—so far. But some of the artificial supports are about to be taken away, and
The color of your front door can match with other painted elements. Getty Images Are you looking for a low-effort, high-impact project to do this weekend? Few home improvement projects give you a bigger bang for your buck than a freshly painted front door. Yet, this is something that most of us can tackle over
TOPLINE The U.K. economy shrank almost a fifth in the first three months of lockdown, mostly dragged down by a 20% fall in April, laying out the cost of shutting down entire industries in a bid to curb the pandemic, new data from the U.K.’s statistics agency shows. A woman wearing a face mask walks
One of the National Association of Realtors “30 Under 30” real estate agents, serving the Del Mar and San Diego luxury residential market. Getty Just a few months ago, the real estate market – like many other industries – adopted a slower pace in response to Covid-19. Social distancing regulations prohibited in-person house showings in
The real estate sector has an opportunity to strategize for a more resilient future. Ariel Property Advisors Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, there was widespread skepticism about the future of brick and mortar retail. It didn’t help that many retailers, from international chains to local shops, were investing in experiences to drive foot traffic and
Simon Property Group appears to be having an outsized role in the retail reset, by choice and … [+] otherwise. Sanford Stein The real estate advisory firm RCLCO just released its mid-year 2020 real estate projections, which includes opinions of hundreds of high-level real estate executives. And to no one’s surprise, they stated that “the
Atticus is the CEO of PadSplit, an affordable, shared housing model that creates financial independence for workers. Getty If you ask a person of color, they’ll likely tell you they’ve been unjustifiably pulled over while driving. We hear this example often when discussing racism in our society, and it’s for good reason. Not only are there countless
Lee Kiser is a multifamily expert, active broker and Principal of Kiser Group, Chicagoland’s leading mid-market multifamily brokerage firm. Getty Savings and loan crisis, Gulf War, Black Monday, 9/11, the Great Recession … and now, the global pandemic. Every time I think I’ve experienced everything that can turn my business or industry on its head, the commercial
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Disrupt Equity. Learn more about investment opportunities by visiting our website. Getty Profitability is a crucial metric most investors use to determine if an opportunity is worthwhile. The profitability of a real estate investment can be summarized using a metric known as net operating income (NOI). This is also known as
After an unprecedented first half of 2020, what could the next six months bring? Here is what five … [+] housing economists and experts anticipate. Getty Mortgage rates are searching for a historic bottom. Home prices are inching up toward record highs. Home shoppers are looking for deals. Homeowners are weighing selling versus refinancing. A
Founder and CEO of The Raisner Group (formerly Proteus Capital Management), a private real estate investment firm in New York City. Getty In the future, will we all work from home? This is one of the most-asked questions resulting from the Covid-19 shutdown — understandably so, after a long nationwide experiment in working remotely and handling meetings
Bay 151, a new apartment community in Bayonne, NJ. is among the fresh developments luring New … [+] Yorkers from Manhattan and the Outer Boroughs to the wider open spaces. Hudson Projects Ever since the pandemic began in earnest in March, we’ve heard a lot about New Yorkers exiting the city for distant places like
California has the highest rent gap to close in order to keep cost-burdened tenants housed in the … [+] next six months, according to an analysis by UrbanFootprint. Getty As housing advocates across the U.S. brace for what they predict to be a spike in evictions this summer, when government protections are set to fade
Mortgage applications are going strong Getty The pause in mortgage applications as the Covid epidemic took hold is looking like a mere blip in the distant past as buyer activity surges, according to the latest weekly data numbers. The Mortgage Bankers Association weekly report shows purchase applications rose 33% compared to this week last year,
Realtor.com monthly traffic hit an all-time high of 86 million unique users in June. Getty It may be the lazy days of summer, but it feels like spring in the housing market — and not a moment too soon — as median home prices are surging. As buyers flooded into the market, realtor.com’s monthly traffic
The student housing industry has been hard at work planning for the fall. Getty With the fall semester approaching, student housing owners and operators are taking unprecedented precautions to ensure students return to a safe and productive environment. Students are likely to find transformed spaces in on-campus housing and new normals as they start or