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The 3rd chart in this article best displays "Wall Street's" investments in rental housing lately.
Kudos to Josh Kirby for the detailed and careful

By Anja Seng In 2016, we shared smart solutions for building a starter home in expensive markets. Today, most of those principles still

Josh Kirby and I did a deep dive on the impact of investors over the last 22 years.
We found 7 different investor periods,

Land: High Demand and Low Supply, which really perplexes most people who are not in the industry. America has a lot of land.

Check out this map.
Skilled construction labor down 28% in AZ and 24% in GA, but only down 1% in TX.
TX has seen by

Hybrid work is allowing people to move farther from the office, which is huge boost to home building since that is where there

And I believe Wall St buyers deserve credit for stopping the downward home price spiral 12 years ago. Can you imagine what would

I am very pleased to announce we are now rating home builder sales to investors by region.

There was a time when home builders

A somewhat promising outlook on construction labor.

If you would like to participate in our surveys and see some of our insights, please sign up here. We survey home builders,

Real estate agents are seeing demand pickup for the first time this year.
Sample was 1100 agents nationwide at month end.

What is the hottest residential market in the country?

Irvine is nearing buildout, which means that the new supply built every year to meet

I know this is a great career opportunity because I have been doing much of it for the last 22+ years.

As we have

Bad news for U-Haul.

57% of apartment tenants are renewing their leases, partly because entry-level home buying is so low.

Operating expenses are skyrocketing for some SF rental owners and plunging for others.
We partnered with the National Rental Home Council to survey the

I know this is a great career opportunity because I have been doing much of it for the last 22+ years.

As we have

There are many cries for more housing supply these days.

Most people don't realize how hard it is to entitle and develop great

I talk all the time about housing demand, supply and affordability.

Yet building great places for people to live is what really matters. Here

Thank you once again to our PALS who continue to make our company a Great Place to Work.

Attracting and retaining great people is