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Two years after George Floyd’s death, is real estate honoring its pledges?
In the days following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, real estate leaders...
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Kathryn Brenzel
Modular startup raises $38M, says it’s “the opposite of Katerra”
Assembly OSM, a modular construction startup that has compared its process to putting together Ikea furniture, raised $38 million...
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Rethinking the ground lease
Vornado Realty Trust says the land beneath its office building at 330 West 34th Street is worth $145 million. The land’s owner, Haymes Investment Company, claims its value is $225 million — entitling Haymes...
Biden unveils his answer to high home prices
President Biden laid out a plan Monday aimed at closing the housing shortfall across the U.S.. Doing so will...
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Where have all the sellers gone?
Untethered from the daily commute, homebuyers fanned out across the country during the pandemic, seizing their newfound freedom to explore markets far away from city centers. Harbor Custom Development was ready for them. “It...
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Saudi royals sell off real estate, yachts as state slashes perks
Saudi royals, feeling the squeeze from the crown prince, are selling off their assets to raise cash. Princes have...
Russia’s war stalls US real estate deals
Long before Russia invaded Ukraine, supply chain challenges were driving up construction costs and inflation concerns were setting the stage for higher mortgage rates. Now, just as recovery from the pandemic seemed within reach,...
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Can universal housing vouchers ever come to the US?
When then-presidential candidate Joe Biden pitched expanding the nation’s housing voucher program to 11 million people, the proposal garnered...
Here’s where real estate issues stand in the Build Back Better bill
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday greenlighted the roughly $2 trillion Build Back Better Act, meaning the fate...
Here’s where housing funds stand in Biden’s slimmed-down spending bill
As Democrats tangle over the details of the Build Back Better reconciliation bill, its housing funding has been on...