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Physicians Realty Advances Sustainability Across Medical Office Building Portfolio

April 13, 2021

Photo courtesy of Physicians Realty Trust. Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC) is working to be a sustainability trailblazer in green initiatives across its portfolio by setting aggressive goals, emphasizing accountability, and adopting a building certification platform particularly well-suited to the assets in its portfolio. John Thomas, p...

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REITs are Helping to Bridge the Gap

April 13, 2021

Photo courtesy of BSR Real Estate Investment Trust. Stagnant wage growth coupled with increased housing costs and a shortage of affordable homes for renters and buyers have created a housing crisis in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic and global recession have further widened the gap between wages and housing costs, making the role that REITs p...

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REITs Look Poised to Climb in 2021

April 13, 2021

The REIT sector looks poised to regain its stride in 2021, leading real estate investment fund managers say, after the social and economic upheaval triggered by the coronavirus pandemic weighed on performance last year and resulted in a 5.12% decline in total returns for the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index. Several factors are expected to s...

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SoftBank-Backed Better.Com Places Top Executive On Leave After Bullying Complaints

April 13, 2021

There’s more executive turmoil swirling at Better.com, one of the mortgage industry’s hottest new startups, and it’s hitting just days after reports that SoftBank is investing $500 million of new funding that values the business at $6 billion. Elana Knoller, Better’s chief product officer, has been placed on administrative leave following allegat...

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Why Real Estate Insurance Premiums Are On The Rise—And What Owners Can Do To Prepare

April 13, 2021

If you’re a real estate owner or investor, you may have noticed a significant increase in insurance costs compared to previous years. In fact, renewal increases have jumped 20% year-over-year, according to Q3 2020 data from Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index, a measure of global commercial insurance premium pricing. “This increased expense ca...

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Optimizing Home Interiors For Post-Pandemic Life

April 13, 2021

Is it possible to create flexible and health-conscious yet unconfined residential interiors for the post-pandemic age? The architects at prolific New York City architectural firm CetraRuddy believe so. The innovative and malleable interior designs they created over the past few months are applicable not only during quarantines of the kind endured l...

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Madonna Buys Los Angeles Home From The Weeknd

April 13, 2021

Madonna is betting on Los Angeles once more. After spending most of the Covid pandemic in an L.A. rental, she has just purchased a secluded seven-bedroom home for $19.3 million in the celebrity-filled neighborhood of Hidden Hills. The seller was musician The Weeknd who first listed the property for $24.9 million last summer. He purchased the three-...

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What You Need To Know To Have Successful Telehealth Visits With Your Doctors

April 13, 2021

Are you one of the millions of Americans who used telehealth services – possibly for the first time – last year? Will you continue to do so post-pandemic? Many patients (and healthcare providers) discovered the benefits this type of appointment can bring when COVID kept us at home, and began using it for conditions and visit types unheard of in the...

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Developer Aims To Have 35 Modular Housing Factories Across The Country Building Net Positive Homes

April 13, 2021

Building fast is a huge benefit in today’s housing environment. All builders are looking for that competitive edge; and this builder is not only building fast, but also is delivering net positive homes. After more than thirty years as a general contractor in the construction industry, John Rowland decided it was time for positive change. He bec...

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A Handbook For Listing And Finding Rental Apartments

April 13, 2021

Rodolfo Delgado is the Co-Founder & CEO of Replay Listings, the first platform to find apartments for rent in NYC focused on unedited videos Isn’t it backward that nowadays, many companies require you to install an installer for you to use their software service? Renting an apartment is kind of similar – the first step toward findin...