Jul 21, 2024 16:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Anyone whos lived in a sharehouse knows it only takes one person to send the household off the rails. Everyones life is affected when one housemate leaves out food, plays loud music all night or routinely uses all the hot...
Jul 11, 2024 07:55 am UTC| Investing Real Estate
The housing crisis in Canada has reached a critical juncture. With rising real estate prices and a dwindling number of affordable options, it is crucial that Canada rapidly increases housing stocks in high-demand...
Jul 04, 2024 06:29 am UTC| Economy Real Estate
Detroiters who face rising rents, poor living conditions and systemic barriers to affordable and safe housing are at greater risk of poor health, our research finds. We study the connection between housing inequities...
No-cause evictions have the potential to hurt renters – with little gain for good landlords
Jun 20, 2024 05:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Housing security for New Zealands 1.7 million renters could be threatened if the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill becomes law. Among some potentially positive changes in the amendment such as the introduction of a...
UK cities need greener new builds – and more of them
Jun 05, 2024 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Amid the growing local government bankruptcy crisis, as many as half of the local authorities in England and Wales might be forced to cut their green spaces budgets. The situation in Scotland and Northern Ireland is not...
Colorado takes a new – and likely more effective – approach to the housing crisis
May 27, 2024 06:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate Economy
In recent years, Colorado has been a poster child for the U.S. housing crisis. Previously a relatively affordable state, it has seen home prices increase nearly sixfold over the past three decades, outstripping even...
Why knock down all public housing towers when retrofit can sometimes be better?
May 24, 2024 10:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
The Victorian government is planning Australias largest urban renewal project. The plan is to knock down and rebuild 44 large public housing towers in Melbourne. The government says these towers, built in the 1960s and...
Japan's Factory Activity Declines in July, but Service Sector Sees Significant Growth