Real Estate

In an unsettling distillation of the broader housing market, the lot's price rose by $2.3 million in under two years.

March 2, 2018 - Sacramento Bee

Boston economists are sounding the alarm: while the city itself is adding plenty of housing, there's not a lot happening in the suburbs. That may adversely affect older folks who want to sell and younger people looking to buy.

November 30, 2017 - The Boston Globe

Some residents are holding out as warehouse developers scope out their property. Others have already accepted offers well above market value.

November 3, 2017 - KPCC

Following Hurricane Harvey, Houston's City Hall became flooded with four feet of water, rendering the building's electrical and mechanical equipment useless. Restoring power back to City Hall quickly was crucial in aiding the recovery efforts.

October 6, 2017 - Doggerel

What will people really pay for parking? This study measures the value of garages or dedicated spaces to properties on the market in Philadelphia.

September 18, 2017 - PlanPhilly

AVs are more than a transportation issue and will have significant impacts on real estate. Expect AVs to affect parking, sprawl, housing prices, and transit.

August 24, 2017 - Urbanism Next Blog - Sustainable Cities Initiative

Everything you wanted to know about shared working and living spaces but were afraid to ask.

July 12, 2017 - Yulia Kozhevnikova

Along with Hamtramck, Highland Park is one of two tiny cities entirely surrounded by the city of Detroit. Here's how its leaders want its center to develop over the next five to ten years.

May 16, 2017 - Curbed Detroit

When investors from Belgium and elsewhere snapped up Detroit houses for a song, some of them didn't consider the full picture. The lesson: do your research, and maybe don't invest thousands of miles form home.

April 27, 2017 - Detroit Free Press

"Smell-mapping" is gaining attention from urban planners, data scientists, and nature conservationists alike.

February 18, 2017 - Citymetric

For an "entitled generation," Millennials feel less and less entitled to one of the hallmarks of the American Dream: homeownership. But that doesn't mean the goal is permanently out of reach.

February 2, 2017 - HousingWire

Columbus Underground takes a look back at the year that was in the real of real estate development.

January 5, 2017 - Columbus Underground

New data shows that the city of Los Angeles owns nearly 9,000 parcels throughout the region—and that it could be doing a lot more with them.

December 2, 2016 - The Planning Report

Commentators relentlessly debate whether Donald Trump's support hinges on economics or race. Alexis C. Madrigal discusses how the two are joined at the hip, especially in real estate.

October 6, 2016 - Fusion

Against all odds, both political parties agree on at least one thing: the merits of homeownership. But is buying a home really such a great investment, even for the well-off?

September 29, 2016 - Market Urbanism

On the promise of ownership, rent-to-own landlords make tenants pay for repairs. And on the lower end, homes often come with code violations built in. This market's legal grey spaces distinctly echo 2008.

August 31, 2016 - New York Times

Zillow has released research on how many of the nation's homes may be underwater (literally) by the year 2100. Florida, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Louisiana are at the highest risk.

August 26, 2016 - Zillow

A Los Angeles affordable-housing developer says the industry needs to focus more on keeping existing housing affordable.

August 6, 2016 - The Planning Report

Big news has emerged from British Columbia, where the government has been criticized for not doing more to address the housing affordability crisis.

July 26, 2016 - Vancouver Sun

A recent spate of reports has examined the up-and-down U.S. economy and predicted the need for more office space to fuel the growing workforce.

July 19, 2016 - National Real Estate Investor