Category Archives: Real estate

“Properly Measured Inflation Is No Longer a Significant Issue . . .”

The data say many meaures of inflation have moderated and energy prices are down. Readers?

Wall Street Journal Aids Vulture Investors Threatening Second Mortgage Borrowers With Foreclosure….on (Nearly Always) Legally Unenforceable Debt

Mortgage predation is baaack! And the Wall Street Journal aids and abets it by choosing not to undertand the issues.

Why I’m Skeptical of Powell’s Claim Red-Hot Rent CPI Will Just Vanish: Landlords Report the Opposite, Even for April

Oopsie! Still perceived-to-be-high housing prices, thanks to higher mortgage rates, is a landlord’s wet dream. Who’d have thunk it?

Trouble in Multifamily CRE: Two Big Messes, and Investors Are on the Hook, Not Banks

Data about who holds CRE loans is incomplete, but more is owned by investors than the media generally acknowledges.

Senators Alarmed By Use of Rent-Setting Algorithm, Say It’s Helping Drive Inflation

How much is “information sharing” between mega property management companies driving the rise in housing costs?

Why is America So Anti-City? It Holds Back the Entire Country

oth parties are exacerbating the city/country split. How different are their interests?

The High and Getting Higher Cost of Renting in the US

Why renting is even more expensive than ever, even pinching the soi-disant middle class.

Meatpacking. Healthcare. Housing Rentals. Industries Across the Board Using Tech to Fix Wages and Prices

DOJ says it’s going to crack down as lawsuits pile up against real estate Goliaths and US officially becomes a “rent-burdened nation.”

Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson Discuss the Causes and Politicization of Inflation

Desai and Hudson debunk widely-believed, finance-and-elite-serving myths about inflation.

How Wall Street Takeover of Rental Market Is Fueling the Homelessness Crisis

New lawsuits allege mega landlords are colluding to keep rents high and units vacant while also embracing surveillance tech to evict tenants.

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Climate Remedy: State, Local Governments Increasingly Turn to Zoning Reforms

Better late than never: Authorities are starting to use zoning as a way to reduce fossill fuel use.