The demand for affordable housing communities has never been stronger. As home prices rise nationwide, housing affordability is moving further out of reach for a large swath of people. A recent report from property data provider ATTOM Data Solutions [...]

Commercial real estate executives work hard at maintaining relationships in the industry. Some have a little help from Cupid. This Valentine's Day, we spoke with six couples who work in commercial real estate, some at different companies, and some that can carpool [...]

Construction costs continued to climb again last year after years of rapid growth, but could that change in 2020? The new construction pipeline is growing as a result of opportunity zone activity, and in 2020, new construction activity will [...]

Opportunity zones have quickly become one of the most popular investment models, and it isn’t surprising. The model has the potential to completely avoid capital gains tax—but with a trade off. Investment has to target communities in need of [...]

SB-196 is one of many new housing bills that Governor Newsom has signed into law to encourage affordable and low-income housing development. The bill provides a property tax exemption for community land trusts building affordable housing—a huge benefit—but that [...]

Rising construction costs are the biggest challenge for all developers, but for affordable developers, it can be a crippling one. In fact, the increased construction costs are one of an amalgam of reasons that the affordable housing supply is [...]