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Property Economics · Explainer How Operating Costs Affect Property Income
Net operating income is where rent meets reality. A walk through the expense lines that decide what a building actually earns.
Real Estate Markets · Analysis Reading a Metro Market: Five Questions Before the Headline
Market headlines compress a lot into one number. Five questions help place any report about a U.S. metro area in context.
Property Economics · Explainer Cap Rates, Explained Without the Jargon
What a capitalization rate measures, how it links income to value, and why the same building can be priced at different rates.
Market Research · Research Choosing Comparable Properties: A Practical Method
Comparables are only as good as the reasons they were chosen. A step-by-step method for building and documenting a comp set.
Urban Economics · Analysis How Transit Access Shapes Land Value
Why proximity to a station can affect what land is worth, what the mechanism depends on, and why the effect is not automatic.
Asset Management · Analysis Capital Improvements vs. Repairs: How Owners Set Priorities
A leaking roof, a dated lobby and an aging boiler all compete for the same budget. How asset managers sort what must happen now from what can wait.
Real Estate Markets · Market Review How Housing, Multifamily, Office and Industrial Respond to Interest Rates
Interest rates reach every property type, but through different channels and on different timelines. A segment-by-segment review of the mechanisms.
Market Research · Explainer Vacancy, Availability and Absorption: What Each Measure Tells You
Three common market measures sound alike but answer different questions. Clear definitions and a small example.
Asset Management · Explainer Why Keeping a Tenant Often Beats Finding a New One
Turnover has costs that rarely appear in the rent figure. A look at the arithmetic of renewal versus re-leasing.
Urban Economics · Research Zoning, Housing Supply and Rents: The Mechanism in Plain Terms
How land-use rules affect how much housing can be built, and why that connects to rents. An explanation of the logic and its limits.