Tag: housing

Back when I was a kid, stocks were a pretty illiquid investment. I had to visit a broker. We had ...

We have made homes more liquid, easier to buy and sell. But those benefits should accrue only to the house ...

Affordability isn’t a local problem and it’s not fixed with increased density.

Turn down the heat and we can get somewhere. Keep adding fuel to the fire and nothing’s possible.

Today’s “housing shortage” or “affordability crisis” is artificial.

If you want housing density, make neighborhoods more attractive.

Cut the tax advantages of investor-owned housing. Even a credible threat to change the tax laws would send investors scurrying ...

You can’t build new housing because of local regulation. You can’t use money saving techniques because of state building codes. ...

No industry funnels as much money into government, at every level, as real estate. In no area is the gulf ...

What housing needs is diversity. Diversity of incomes, diversity of housing styles, diversity of land use. We need jobs located ...