Month: April 2021

Don’t Miss The Biggest Opportunity of the Recovery!

It is becoming clear that we’re in the early stages of what will be an incredible economic recovery, especially for multifamily rental housing. In this post, I will summarize the reasons to be cheerful about 2021 and the things that revenue managers should be doing now to capitalize on the unique opportunities that this recovery…
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Why Plumbing Fixtures and Cabinet Hardware Don’t Have to Match

In the 1980s you couldn’t wear a brown belt with black shoes.    Now you can wear whatever.     Same principle applies to fixtures and hardware.    With the right application, you can marry polished nickel plumbing hardware and matte black cabinet hardware.     Or gold pulls and chrome pull down faucet.    Please don’t…
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13 Months Later, Where Do Mortgages Stand?

According to the Snapshot on Race and Home Buying in America, which uses Census ACS data, the homeownership rate for Black Americans is 42%, Hispanic Americans 48.1%, Asian Americans 60.7%, and White Americans 69.8%.

Instant Reaction: Consumer Price Index, April 13, 2021

Over the last 12 months, the inflation rate rose 2.6%, compared to 1.7% in February and 1.4% in January, respectively.