The most serious attempt to address CA's perpetual housing shortage dies in the State Senate. Appears the Status Quo will remain unchanged.

Apartment Rent Growth in Los Angeles Slowing Despite Tight Vacancies costar.com/article/1513193

I spoke with @CurbedLA for this piece which tries to clear up some of the debate surrounding apartment vacancies in L.A. la.curbed.com/2020/3/5/21079…

Here's a headline that's hasn't been used in nearly a decade: Apartment Rents are Declining in Los Angeles (For CoStar Subcribers) product.costar.com/home/news/1908…

My most recent update on the L.A. industrial market covers rising vacancies, growing sublease availability, and the near-term outlook. (For CoStar Subscribers) Vacancies Rise in the Nation’s Tightest Industrial Market costar.com/article/172217…’s-tightest-industrial-marke

I had the chance to join the NBC Los Angeles evening broadcast this week to talk about COVID-19's impact on the Downtown L.A. apartment market nbclosangeles.com/investigations…

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For most of the past decade, the maxim "If you build it, they will come" held true for Downtown L.A. apartment developers. But the COVID-19 pandemic has vacancies climbing and rent levels falling. (For CoStar Subscribers) costar.com/article/158187…

L.A. Designates Open-Air Dining Areas Along 101 Freeway Median bit.ly/3g6shkg

I spoke with the Los Angeles Times for this piece on the impact of COVID-19 on apartment rents

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I Spoke with The Oregonian for this piece onfalling rents downtown. oregonlive.com/business/2021/…

I spoke with KGW News for this piece on Downtown Portland Rent Trends kgw.com/article/money/…

Interesting thread. CA will never solve its housing issues unless the permitting and development process can be simplified.

As the public health and economic situation continues to improve, the L.A. apartment sector is gaining momentum. bcove.video/3tlxBXS

Home builders need to get their price points down and are tweaking product to get there. Changing specs/features, less square footage, smaller lots, and more attached product rank high on the list of solutions from builders we just surveyed.

Maybe not everything's bigger in Texas: 42% of Texas real estate agents report resale home prices are mostly FALLING. On the flip side, 42% of agents in the Northeast say home prices are mostly INCREASING. Interesting to see the effect of new supply on resale home pricing…

A majority of respondents — 71% — said they are not willing to accept a mortgage rate above 5.5%. Meanwhile, 62% of consumers believe a historically normal mortgage rate is below 5.5%. “Our consulting team has witnessed this across the country, noting that home builders who

Falling land prices phase appears to be behind us already on finished lots in A-B locations (green bars in chart). Handful of land broker comments from our quarterly survey to demonstrate...

I'm excited to share an overview of our new Apartment Developer and Investor Survey. We built this survey to get clarity into aspects of the apartment market where data and details have traditionally been hard to find. jbrec.com/insights/new-r…