Bay Area, CA Apartment Market: Gear Up for Outsized Growth after Pandemic
The chart above shows the Bay Area markets apartment fundamentals and drivers. This is the combined area of San Francisco, Oakland, and...
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KC Sanjay
- Sep 20, 2020
- 5 min
Wage and Income Growth: Four Different Sources, Six Different Data/Trend
Recently released data from the Census revealed that in 2019 household income grew by 6.8% to reach $68,703—highest ever since the Census...
KC Sanjay
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Mobility and Job Growth: Examples from the U.S. and Texas Metros
About the Data and Chart: The chart shows the Mobility and Engagement Index (MEI) and Employment growth index (Dec 2019 = 100) for the...
KC Sanjay
- Jul 27, 2020
- 1 min
Job and Housing Insecurity: Household Pulse Survey
The scatter plot above shows Census' Household Pulse Survey data for the 11th week since the pandemic. According to the Census, the...
KC Sanjay
- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
Main Street Vs. Wall Street
The chart above shows monthly headline and those in unemployment claims--Data depicting Main Street America. Wall Street data shows...
KC Sanjay
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
Possible Reasons for Surge in Asian Unemployment Rate
Asian unemployment rate from the last couple of months caught my attention as it is running about 270 basis points (bps.) higher than the...
KC Sanjay
- Jun 29, 2020
- 5 min
Is Student Housing Still Recession Proof?
Among the real estate property types, Off-Campus (or Privately Owned) student housing properties are thought of as a recession proof...
KC Sanjay
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
Jobs-to-Permits aka Demand-Supply Ratio, a Popular Multifamily Indicator, Re-Visited
Though the real estate field has matured, an occasional look back to confirm and validate factors that impact different real estate...
KC Sanjay
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Economic Betas: Are They Useful Indicators?
Beta analysis, primarily used in finance, is becoming widely used in the real estate field to understand the characteristics of the real...
KC Sanjay
- Jan 19, 2019
- 7 min
Ladies, Get Paid!
With lowest unemployment rate and getting close to shortage of labor, wage gap between men and women still remain. We discuss reasons...
KC Sanjay
- Jan 4, 2019
- 7 min
U.S. Economic Outlook: A case for Slow Growth but No Recession
The length of the current economic growth since the Great Recession reached 113 months in December 2018, making it a second longest of...