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Where Have All the Houses Gone?

Where Have All the Houses Gone? “This has followed another unusual pattern: Single-family rentals are behaving a lot more like owner-occupied houses (in strong demand), while condos look more like rentals (with weak appeal).” To Read the Original Article Click Here Subscribe to our regular newsletter and get exclusive access to our next investment opportunity.…

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2021 EMERGING TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE

2021 EMERGING TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE “Multifamily experts are abuzz about the 2020s becoming a new battleground for safe and remote work, play, fitness, food, coffee, and health space. According to one property management strategist, “Apartments as healthy homes becomes a selling point, or else.” She envisions—in the next batch of vertical community designs in the three-to-five-year horizon—extra bedrooms becoming,…

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Friday Economic Update | 3.19.2021

Friday Economic Update | 3.19.21 Data Updates: 3/15 to 3/18: Retail sales, industrial capacity utilization, industrial production, nonfarm job openings, nonfarm hires, private building permits, weekly unemployment claims, and STLFSI; 3/8 to 3/12: NFIB small business optimism, vehicle sales, weekly unemployment claims, STLFSI, and University of Michigan consumer sentiment; 3/1 to 3/5: NACM credit managers’…

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People are leaving San Francisco, but not for Austin or Miami. USPS data shows where they went.

People are leaving San Francisco, but not for Austin or Miami. USPS data shows where they went. “San Francisco residents abandoned the city in droves during the first eight months of the pandemic; but they generally did not venture very far, according to new data from the United States Postal Service.  The postal service analysis of…

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Gains for Single-Family Built-for-Rent Construction

Gains for Single-Family Built-for-Rent Construction “The number of single-family homes built-for-rent (SFBFR) construction starts posted a year-over-year increase for the fourth quarter of 2020. The SFBFR market is a way to add single-family inventory amid concerns over housing affordability and down payment requirements in the for-sale market, particularly during a period when people want more…

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Blue-Collar Jobs Boom as Covid-19 Boosts Housing, E-Commerce Demand

Blue-Collar Jobs Boom as Covid-19 Boosts Housing, E-Commerce Demand “The U.S.’s blue-collar workforce has begun to benefit from a strengthening job market. An Orlando, Fla.-area home builder is seeking to add four construction workers to a six-person team in the midst of soaring housing demand during the pandemic. In Atlanta, a forklift driver rakes in…

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On the Post-Pandemic Horizon, Could That Be … a Boom?

On the Post-Pandemic Horizon, Could That Be … a Boom? “Forecasters have always expected the pandemic to be followed by a period of strong growth as businesses reopen and Americans resume their normal activities. But in recent weeks, economists have begun to talk of something stronger: a supercharged rebound that brings down unemployment, drives up…

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Friday Economic Update | 3.012.2021

Friday Economic Update | 3.12.21 Data Updates: 3/8 to 3/12: NFIB small business optimism, vehicle sales, weekly unemployment claims, STLFSI, and University of Michigan consumer sentiment; 3/1 to 3/5: NACM credit managers’ index, ISM manufacturing, ISM services, STLFSI, weekly unemployment claims, temporary employment, and yield curve;.2/22 to 2/26: CNFAI, weekly unemployment claims, STLFSI, and University…

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Where San Franciscans Are Really Going

Where San Franciscans Are Really Going “We’ve all seen countless stories about San Francisco tech workers decamping for Texas and Florida — but according to U.S. Postal Service change-of-address records, they’re mostly moving to Bay Area suburbs, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The big picture: The Chronicle analyzed postal service records and found that “the…

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Bitcoin Is Venice

Bitcoin Is Venice “Our history forbids us to be surprised that an orthodoxy of thought should become narrow, rigid, mercenary, morally corrupt, and vengeful against dissenters. This has happened over and over again. It might be thought the maturity of orthodoxy; it is what finally happens to a mind once it has consented to be…

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