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Builders Hit Pause, and Apartments Could Be the Biggest Beneficiary
I’ve spent more than 25 years building, lending, and investing across housing markets, and one lesson keeps repeating itself: supply decisions made today show up in fundamentals...
New York Just Built More Apartments Than Any Year Since 1965. It Still Isn’t Enough.
Everyone is celebrating the wrong number. Yes, New York built 38,682 apartments in 2025, its strongest year since 1965. But a record year that covers less than 10 percent of a...
The Southern Squeeze Is Real. Here’s What It Actually Means for Builders and Investors.
Nashville. Atlanta. Charlotte. Raleigh. These markets spent a decade being marketed as the escape hatch from high-cost coastal cities. Lower taxes, cheaper land, room to grow....
Chicago Missed the Tech Boom. We Don’t Think It’s Missing This One.
The Wall Street Journal ran a headline last week that stopped me mid-scroll: “Chicago Missed the Tech Boom. Quantum Computing Gives It a Second Chance.” Read...
Congress Finally Did Something Right About Housing. Here’s What It Actually Means.
When you get 89 U.S. Senators to agree on anything, it’s worth paying attention. Last week, the Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a 303-page, 40-plus provision...
The Fed Just Took the Cut Off the Table. Builders Need to Pay Attention.
I read Fed statements the way I read a construction budget, looking for what changed, not what stayed the same. And today, what changed matters.The Fed held rates steady at 3.5%...
🚨 DEVELOPER ALERT: Construction Costs Just Posted Their Fastest Annual Growth Since the Pandemic
If you’re underwriting a deal this month, stop and run your numbers again. The cost side of your pro forma just moved against you, and it moved fast.The number that matters:...
Hartford, Connecticut: America’s Hottest Housing Market Is Still Flying Under the Radar — And That’s the Opportunity
There is a category of market that serious developers and investors should pay close attention to right now: metros that are generating real economic signals — population inflow,...








