Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog
In our latest roundup, California to pursue office-to-housing conversions, hoteliers to increase investment in artificial intelligence, private credit exodus to boost commercial real estate capital, and more!
- President Donald Trump’s executive order to remove regulatory barriers to affordable home construction could affect federal funding for cities and states that don’t follow what the order calls “regulatory best practices,” including faster permitting, fewer green building mandates and relaxed limits on exurban development. (Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Multifamily Dive)
- California state policymakers have been pursuing policy changes that remove barriers to converting older commercial buildings into housing. (Keith Loria, Construction Dive)
- Private sector weakness largely offset modest gains in public construction spending, despite data center gains. (Sebastian Obando, Construction Dive)
- Fannie Mae will accept crypto-backed mortgages via a new product by Better Home and Finance and Coinbase. (Diana Olick, CNBC)
- As volatility in the stock market increases due to global economic pressures from tariffs and now the war in Iran, hard assets like real estate offer a compelling way to diversify portfolios. (Diana Olick, CNBC)
- Nearly all hoteliers plan to increase their IT budgets in the next year, with investment in artificial intelligence being a core priority. (Jenna Graber, Hotel Dive)