Building Tech & Products
Solar Roof: A Tesla Power Play Elon Musk Must Flip From A Flop
Solar Roof's promises outshone its realities -- sticker-shock prices, installation nightmares, production and distribution. Regaining trust will be Musk's biggest challenge.
Capital
The Incredible Shrinking Spec Inventory of New Homes
Markers of buying power short-circuiting include a sudden scarcity of below $300k new homes, and a drying up of ready-to-occupy spec inventory. Interest rates had better damned well not go up.
Policy
Shut Off: Mortgage Data Reveals Race Gap In Pandemic Re-Fis
Disparities -- directly tied to racial discrimination -- define the threshold of the 2020s. Will they define the decade?
Capital
Why Home Partners Of America Suits Blackstone SFR Re-entry
In its $6 billion acquisition of HPA, Blackstone adds a "doing-well-by-doing-good" dimension to a shrewd, opportunistic position in the hot single-family-rental market.
Architecture
LA Story: Architecture's Role In Solving The Affordability Crisis
As a context to explore inspired and inspiring concepts, LA's "Low Rise" competition winners hew to a central theme: architecture as a solution for social, policy, economic, and cultural challenge.
