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The Government Shutdown Is Quietly Becoming a Multifamily Crisis
Real estate developer Daniel Kaufman analyzes how the prolonged U.S. government shutdown is evolving into a multifamily housing crisis. In this in-depth article on Daniel Kaufman Real Estate, he explains how HUD delays, stalled inspections, and frozen funding are disrupting affordable housing pipelines, jeopardizing LIHTC closings, and creating systemic risks for landlords and tenants alike.…
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Detroit Redefines Luxury: America’s Most Surprising No. 1 Market of 2025
Detroit’s luxury housing market has taken the top spot for Fall 2025, signaling a major shift in where high-end buyers are finding value. In this new analysis from Daniel Kaufman Real Estate, Detroit emerges as the leader in affordable luxury—while Santa Barbara continues to dominate the ultra-high-end segment with homes starting near $9 million. The…
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The Cities That Are Driving America’s Population Boom
Written by Daniel Kaufman, this post explores how America’s population boom is being driven by fast-growing Southern and Sunbelt cities like Myrtle Beach, Houston, and Dallas. It breaks down key demographic trends shaping where people are moving—and what that means for developers, investors, and anyone tracking the next wave of real estate opportunity.
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Florida’s Housing Shortage Comes Into Focus: New Interactive Map Tracks the Gaps
Florida’s housing story is one of relentless growth colliding with structural limits. For years, the Sunshine State has attracted new residents faster than builders and policymakers could respond — and now, the numbers finally show just how deep the shortage runs. According to a new interactive map from the Florida Housing Data Project, the state…
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Gen Z Cities 2025: Where the Next Generation Is Choosing to Live and Work
As developers and investors, we spend a lot of time studying demand—where it’s forming, what it values, and how it’s evolving. In 2025, no demographic is shaping the housing and employment landscape more than Generation Z. Born between 1997 and 2012, they’re now entering their peak renting, working, and forming-households years. And they’re not moving…
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The Housing Market Is Cooling Fast. Are You Ready?
The U.S. housing market is entering a new phase — one defined by slowing momentum, shifting leverage, and sharper divides between markets, product types, and buyer profiles. After years of surging prices, fierce competition, and supply shortages, the balance is tilting. Builders, investors, and developers who adapt fastest will find opportunity. Those who don’t may…
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What Starbucks Closures Reveal About Neighborhood Health and Home Values
Starbucks has long been more than a coffee shop. It’s been a signal — a shorthand for convenience, affluence, and upward mobility. So when the company announces plans to shut down hundreds of stores across the U.S., it’s not just a business story. It’s a real estate story. And like it or not, no neighborhood…
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How Mass Timber Modular Construction Is Redefining Workforce Housing in America
When architect Peter Rose first toured a modular school in Germany built with cross-laminated timber (CLT), he ran his hand along a stair joint where two modules met. “With my eyes closed, I couldn’t feel the seam,” he recalled. That single moment changed everything. For Rose, modular construction was no longer just about cutting costs.…
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Beverly Hills’ $10 Billion Bet: One Beverly Hills Redefines Ultra-Luxury Living
Beverly Hills is no stranger to opulence. But even by California’s gold-plated standards, the city is about to test the upper limits of luxury with a $10 billion mega-development that’s reshaping its skyline and retail corridor. Welcome to One Beverly Hills — a 17.5-acre transformation at the gateway to Rodeo Drive. This is more than…
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Falling Mortgage Rates Could Unlock These 10 Housing Markets
Mortgage rates have been steadily trending lower over the last month, and the expectation is that they’ll hover in the low-6% range through the end of 2025. For buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines, that shift is meaningful. Lower rates open the door to more affordability, more options, and in some markets, a…
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