A new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2023, instructs the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and operate a Virginia Residential Sites and Structures Locator database “to assist localities in marketing any … Continue reading →
According to LegiScan, House Bill 2127 (known as the “Texas Regulatory Consistency Act”) was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on June 14 and will go into effect on September 1. According to the bill text, “[t]he purpose of … Continue reading →
In November 2022, Reuters reported that The Trump Organization has partnered with Saudi developer Dar Al Arkan, to license the Trump Brand to a $4 billion project in Oman that includes a golf course, hotel and villas. Named AIDA, the … Continue reading →
South Africa is experiencing a 15-year power crisis that is causing widespread rotational power cuts, known as loadshedding. In 2022, there were 3,773 hours of loadshedding (the most intensive year of loadshedding in South Africa’s history), according to CleanTechnica. The … Continue reading →
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reports that as of 2021, the country’s household debt was at 107 percent of its GDP, and its “very high levels of household debt … makes the economy vulnerable to any global economic crisis.” … Continue reading →
On March 22, the Arlington County Board voted 5-0 to adopt a series of Zoning Ordinance and General Land Use Plan amendments related to its Missing Middle Housing Study (MMHS). According to the county, “missing middle” is a term that … Continue reading →
Santiago de Chile ($3,571/m²), Montevideo ($2,867/m²) and Buenos Aires ($2,570/m²) have Latin America’s highest residential property prices (as of March 2022), according to the Buenos Aires Times, which references the results of a survey conducted by the Center for Research … Continue reading →
According to UBS, the term “bubble” refers to a “substantial and sustained mispricing of an asset, the existence of which cannot be proved unless it bursts.” Typical signs of a bubble include “a decoupling of prices from local incomes and … Continue reading →
Home prices in the U.S. fell by 1.1 percent between July and August, according to Full Stack Economics (citing data from the Case-Shiller index). However, significant variations exist at the metropolitan area level. For example, in metropolitan Austin, home prices … Continue reading →
In 2020, the DC Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against DARO Management Services, LLC, a real estate management company that operates, maintains, and leases about 1,200 apartments across 15 buildings in NW DC; DARO … Continue reading →