What I’m Reading
Guessing Game: Pandemic uncertainty has made it extremely difficult for appraisers to assign values to office buildings. IMO, this will continue until the dust clears and the impact on demand from work from home can be fully quantified. Globe Street
Windfall: Crypto whales are cashing out some of their profits and using them to purchase some of the most expensive luxury homes in the US. (h/t Steve Sims) Wall Street Journal
Snowed In: With ski resorts having trouble hiring and employees calling out sick, visitors have been frustrated by idled lifts, limited services and closed terrain. NY Times
Big Shift: The move from “just in time” to “just in case” inventory management continues to drive demand for warehouse space, putting upward pressure on rents. Marketplace
War Chest: Single-family landlords, builders, apartment companies and institutional backers have committed $85 billion for build-for-rent projects, enough to develop 315,000 houses. Only about 20% of the money has been spent and it’s already pushing up lot prices. Renter demand is likely to intensify when mortgage rates increase, putting upward pressure on rents. Bloomberg
Chart of the Day
ARMs sure looked poised to gain market share this year.
Source: Len Kiefer
WTF
What a Way to Go: A 70 year old British man died in a Thai happy ending massage parlor while getting a “massage.” The Mirror
Peep Show: A 25-year old man was arrested for showing pictures of his penis to a young girl in a Walmart because Florida. NBC 2
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