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01-11-21
In Brief: Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities for 2020
The Villages, a retiree-focused community northwest of Orlando, in 2020 once again topped RCLCO’s listing of the 50 top-selling U.S. master-planned communities. Total new home sales among the communities were 20 percent higher in 2020 than the previous year, RCLCO reported.
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10-26-20
Industry Leaders See Costs Dropping, Interest Increasing in Healthier Homes and Communities
ULI MEMBER–ONLY CONTENT: Health is not just a trend in real estate development but an important factor that differentiates projects and benefits people and communities, Randall Lewis, ULI Foundation governor and executive vice president of Lewis Management Corp., said at a 2020 ULI Virtual Fall Meeting product council session he moderated on healthy living principles.
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10-26-20
ULI Forecast Sees Increased Improvement in Outlook for U.S. Economy
U.S. real estate economists predict generally improved economic and property market news for the rest of 2020, as well as for the following two years, compared with their forecasts of six months ago, according to the fall 2020 ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.
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10-19-20
Climate Migration Is a Growing Reality in the United States
ULI MEMBER-ONLY CONTENT: As COVID-19 has changed housing preferences and led to some migration away from metropolitan areas, climate change also is beginning to trigger migration in the United States, said experts at the 2020 ULI Virtual Fall Meeting.
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10-15-20
Multifamily housing experts have seen financial and energy savings, plus improved resident retention, from their efforts in sustainability, health, and reduced energy use.
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10-14-20
Housing Industry Finds Unexpected Strength in Certain Products in the Face of COVID-19 and Recession
Despite COVID-19 and the recession, the housing industry is seeing unexpected resilience in certain segments of the market, speakers said at the Housing Trends and Outlook session at the ULI Virtual Fall Meeting.
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10-12-20
Confronting COVID-19: Addressing Housing Affordability and Homelessness in Southern California
A recent ULI Los Angeles virtual event titled “Housing Now: Shelter, Zoning, and Beyond,” brought together land use experts from the private and public sectors to discuss the housing affordability issue in Southern California, which parallels that in many large cities in the United States.
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06-29-20
ULI Terwilliger Center Releases Pilot Home Attainability Index
The ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing has created a Home Attainability Index, designed to support ULI district councils, local municipalities, and members of the development community who are working to address longstanding challenges related to home affordability. Attainable housing and income segregation remain major challenges for families and communities across the United States.
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06-22-20
Family-Oriented Rental Housing: Filling an Urgent Need and an Untapped Opportunity
The family-oriented U.S. rental housing stock has failed to focus on older millennials with families who require larger units, according to a new ULI report.
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06-18-20
222 Taylor: Affordable Family Housing Takes Root in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
Public subsidies, persistence, and innovative design decisions helped create homes for some of the poorest residents of San Francisco.