Rental Inflation: The Market Is Shifting As Growth Slows

By Dani Romero From Yahoo Finance The for-rent housing market is starting to come down, with rent growth dropping in recent months. “After four quarters of supply additions outpacing demand, the market is shifting with national asking rents declining over the last 90 days by 0.4%,” Jay Lybik, National Director of Multifamily Analytics, CoStar Group,…

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Spoke At U.W. Law School

I was recently afforded the opportunity to again speak at U.W. Law School Small and Solo Firm Practice Class. I am consistently amazed by the quality of new law students, as well as the strength and insight of their questions. Law students tend to be very process oriented. Being long-winded (which I can definitely laugh…

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Nothing To Buy, Nothing To Rent

Nothing to buy, nothing to rent:’ Some Americans are stuck in housing limbo By Vera Gibbons From Yahoo Money When Rebecca DiLorenzo’s landlord of 14 months informed her that he would be raising the rent by $300 a month on the apartment in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, she shares with her fiancé, Kyle, she started…

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Spoke At Small Or Solo Law Practice Class

Today I was afforded the opportunity once again to speak in the Small Or Solo Law Practice Class at the University of Washington School of Law. The best part of my presentation was the break out sessions, where I got to see law students analyze potential ethical issues. The student responses were on target, complex,…

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Portland Approves Option To Have Landlords Pay Tenant Relocation Fee

By Everton Bailey Jr. From The Oregonian Portland landlords must pay to move residential tenants who can’t afford any rent increase after the City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to temporarily modify its renter relocation assistance policy. The rule goes into effect immediately and applies to any rent increase between September and March 31, 2021. Tenants…

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Foreign buying of American real estate plunged before the coronavirus pandemic — and experts say it’s only going to get worse

from Marketwatch By Jacob Passy International buyers purchased the smallest number of existing-homes in the U.S. since 2011 this past year Foreign buyers are purchasing fewer and fewer American homes. And the coronavirus pandemic could cause a serious pullback in new investment in U.S. residential real estate from international buyers. During the 12-month period ending…

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