China’s real estate market continues to face difficulty, Biden’s infrastructure development plans for the U.S. involve rehabilitation versus sweeping national buildouts, the value proposition of real estate in the metaverse is questioned, and more. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021, will focus more on…
Commercial real estate trends are forecasted for 2022, proptech startups strategize the use of the $32 billion of venture capital raised last year, real estate sales in Manhattan break 30-year records, and more. Using information from real estate agents, forecast models, brokers, and other real estate experts, rent-to-own platform ZeroDown…
Proptech and digital real estate are poised for growth in 2022, millennials continue to supercharge the housing market, real estate brokers and agents can leverage gaming technology to showcase property, and more. Last week’s MIPIM Propel conference in New York, which drew hundreds of real estate professionals, technology executives, and…
President Biden signs a new executive order, investments in digital real estate continue to increase, the real estate industry faces new regulatory scrutiny, and more. President Biden signs a new executive order that the US government will be a net zero contributor to the environment by 2050, including 300,000 federally…
On November 19, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), a bill that represents a large portion of the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda. Among other spending and tax measures, the bill includes an unprecedented expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. Four…
Investment firms turn their attention towards acquiring digital land, China works to manage its real estate debt, the European Union announces a multibillion-euro infrastructure bill, and more. A growing number of investment firms are acquiring digital land in virtual worlds like Sandbox and Decentraland, betting that as more individuals and…
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, has written to newly confirmed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra, asking him to review companies in the tenant screening industry for possible Fair Credit Reporting Act violations and other violations of U.S.…
President Biden signs the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, plants like hemp and algae could help minimize the environmental footprint of high-rise buildings, construction groups sue over the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new vaccine rule, and more. The global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill presented Urban Sequoia…
The Real Estate and Construction industry may be huge, but ultimately, as with all industries, it comes down to the people who help make it all come together. From time to time, we like to profile some of those people. Joe Rich is CIO and a senior vice president at…
The House of Representatives passes the Senate version of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the construction industry continues to struggle with labor shortages, effects of climate change put the built environment at risk, and more. The House passed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Friday…