‘No-Mow May’ Can Shield Homeowner Wallets From Soaring Gas Prices While Actually Improving Your Lawn

As spring begins to give way to summer, tending to a yard becomes a common chore for homeowners. But this year, a “No-Mow May” trend is taking hold, encouraging homeowners to leave their mowers in the garage for the entire month of May.  The movement is particularly motivated this year by the high f

Who Survives the Next Decade Will Build Something Worth Owning

A broker called me last week and said something I haven’t stopped thinking about. “Jemila, I think I built the wrong thing.” She wasn’t talking about her production. She wasn’t talking about her market share. She was talking about the structure underneath all of it. Whether the business she’d spent

Build-to-rent explodes in Atlanta — and agents are taking notice

No major U.S. metro area has more single-family rental (SFR) homes owned by institutional investors than Atlanta, with current totals sitting at roughly 72,000 houses — nearly doubling No. 2 Phoenix. That concentration represents about 30% of Atlanta’s single-family rental market, a share 10 times t

Billionaire Candidate for California Governor Says Cities There ‘Do Not Want New Housing’

Billionaire Tom Steyer, one of the top contenders for governor of California, argued that the state's leading challenge is its lack of housing affordability, blaming local resistance to new development. Steyer made his remarks during Tuesday night's televised gubernatorial debate that saw seven cand