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Can empowering small investors strengthen America’s housing supply?
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Can empowering small investors strengthen America’s housing supply?

Educational HousingWire recently examined whether broadening investment access to smaller players could help address America's housing supply challenges. The piece notes a striking tension in federal data: individuals own a majority of rental properties at 59%, yet LLCs control 43% of actual rental units. That gap between property

Hans Michel/ / 2 min read
Who owns the customer? That depends on whom you ask.
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Who owns the customer? That depends on whom you ask.

Educational HousingWire reports that the question of who owns the customer relationship in the mortgage industry has become sharply contested as 30-year rates hover near 7%. In this environment, the article suggests, retention strategies and permissioned access to borrower data may determine which lenders capture the next refinancing wave.

Hans Michel/ / 2 min read
The wrong levers
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The wrong levers

Educational HousingWire observes that the housing market has spent four years frozen solid, and the familiar tools policymakers and industry observers keep reaching for have done little to change the temperature. The piece suggests that conventional approaches, repeatedly applied, have failed to unlock activity or restore fluidity to transactions. Whatever

Hans Michel/ / 2 min read
Plug-in solar panels still have safety risks in the UK despite legalisation
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Plug-in solar panels still have safety risks in the UK despite legalisation

Educational BREAKING — New Scientist reports that plug-in solar panels, recently legalised in the UK, continue to carry safety concerns even as they promise lower energy bills and expanded renewable capacity for the national grid. The tension is straightforward: households want the cost savings and the environmental benefit, yet the

Hans Michel/ / 2 min read