A century-old sustainable housing idea is struggling
An employee checks the external casing with a spirit level in a modular house at the Tophat factory in Foston near Derby, UK, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Bloomberg |…
RealPage antitrust lawsuits allege collusion among corporate landlords
A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software…
German housebuilding is collapsing — and could drag the economy down
A construction site of residential buildings on the Elbe dike near downtown Wittenberg. Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s Olaf Scholz once set the goal of building…
Luxury apartments dominate U.S. cities amid housing recession
Scores of luxury homes are coming to major cities across the United States. Analysts at Yardi Matrix projected that more than 400,000 units were completed in 2022, and they expect…
How Congress and corporations can help stop inflation
Americans look to the country’s most powerful bank, the Federal Reserve, to combat inflation. “I think our biggest problem, at least for the foreseeable future, is high inflation,” Mark Zandi,…
The advantages of main towns amid faraway paintings and hire inflation
Many renters imagine {that a} cost-of-living disaster is brewing in America’s main towns. New York City is showing up as a hotspot of rent inflation. The moderate hire for 1-bedroom…