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2026April
"Idaho’s Big Housing Breakthrough Year"
From ADUs to starter homes, lot splits to ‘manufactured in Idaho,’ Gem State leaders just opened up more housing options in a price-crunched state.
...More"Why everyone loses money in real estate"
Let’s get this out of the way. If your career is the buying, selling, developing or redeveloping of real estate, you will lose money one day. There are simply too many variables beyond your control — sometimes beyond your imagination — that can slam your project.
...More"‘Hands off my Trader Joe’s’: Oakland neighborhood reels from plan to replace store with housing"
Residents and elected officials in the Oakland neighborhood said they were blindsided by the news Wednesday that a San Francisco developer had submitted plans to shutter the neighborhood’s two-decades-old Trader Joe’s store on a tree-lined stretch of College Avenue and replace it with two residential towers, the taller soaring to 31 stories.
"Cheap Rooms Once Prevented Homelessness. We Need Them Back."
Inexpensive single-room-occupancy dwellings were common in America decades ago, but overregulation has driven them from the housing market.
...More"The Rise of the Urban Knowledge Campus"
To reinvigorate office life, large companies are relocating to mixed-use neighborhoods that offer easy access to transit, housing, and amenities.
...More"The return of the American rowhome"
My internet friend Bobby Fijan is one of the founders of a mission-driven company called The American Housing Corporation. It was founded in 2024. They opened their first factory in Austin in 2025, and they’re now actively working on their first collection of modular homes.
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