Real Estate

Podcasts May 29, 2024 Special Briefing: Doom Loop or Boom Loop—Work from Home and the Challenges Facing US Cities Ever since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US in 2020 led to a surge in people working from home, New York and other big cities have been forced to reckon with the possibility of a Doom Loop scenario of vacant offices and flagging economies. But given the right set of policies, cities can reverse their fortunes and embark upon a path to a Boom Loop of greater productivity and economic growth. Join Special Briefing as the authors of the Volcker Alliance issue paper, Doom Loop or Boom Loop: Work from Home and the Challenges Facing America’s Big Cities, and an expert panel discuss the future economic impacts of remote work. William Glasgall Susan Wachter David Stanek Richard Voith Jose Maria Barrero Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh Kathryn Wylde State & Local Finance
May 29 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: Doom Loop or Boom Loop—Work from Home and the Challenges Facing US Cities State & Local Finance
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Fellow Anne Fadullon
Founding Principal, MAKE Advisory Services, LLC
Urban Development Housing + 1
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Affiliated PhD Student Rachael Stephens
PhD Candidate, Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences
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Affiliated PhD Student Ryan Gross
PhD Candidate, Statistics and Data Science Department, Wharton School
Urban Development State & Local Finance
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Affiliated PhD Student Heidi Artigue
Doctoral Student, Applied Economics, Wharton
Housing State & Local Finance
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Affiliated PhD Student Benjamin (Benji) Smith
PhD Candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics Program
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
Article May 9, 2023 The Dynamics of Urban Development: Evidence from Land Use Reform in New York Housing Urban Development
Mar 30 2023 Past Event Special Briefing: Revitalizing Downtowns by Turning Offices Into Homes Housing State & Local Finance
Jan 19 2023 Past Event Special Briefing: The Future of Downtowns State & Local Finance Urban Development
Research Paper December 1, 2022 Policy Brief: How Remote Work is Affecting Real Estate Markets Work from home (wfh) disrupted real estate markets globally during the pandemic and continues to do so. Geographic shifts in the use of space are already causing a repricing of commercial and residential real estate. Longterm, the increasing prevalence of remote work is likely to result in more dispersed urban settlement patterns. Susan Wachter Housing State & Local Finance
Advisory Board Member Rachel Slosburg Kramer
Vice President and Partner, The Richdale Group
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Scholar Andrey D. Pavlov
Professor of Finance, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University
Climate Change & Resilience Housing
Jul 12 2022 Past Event State and Local Programs to Advance Homeownership Opportunity to Narrow Racial Disparities Housing
Publication May 26, 2022 Mismeasuring Risk: The Welfare Effects of Flood Risk Information Rapidly improving data and models are giving homeowners more information about their disaster risk while also increasing insurance premiums for the highest risk homes. I study the economic consequences of using better flood risk models to more accurately identify and price flood insurance for high-risk homes. State & Local Finance
Article May 26, 2022 The Financial Burdens of Property Taxes: Evidence from Philadelphia Property taxes are an essential source of revenue for U.S. local governments, generating more than $547 billion in 2018. While local elected officials use these taxes to fund public goods and services, their constituents find them burdensome. Housing State & Local Finance
May 17 2022 Past Event Federal Programs to Advance Homeownership Opportunity to Narrow Racial Disparities Housing
Article April 27, 2022 Faculty Spotlight: Jessie Handbury Jessie Handbury is Assistant Professor of Real Estate at The Wharton School, NBER Research Fellow, and Penn IUR Faculty Fellow. Her work focuses on the spatial distribution of consumption amenities: the goods and services that are available to consumers in different neighborhoods (e.g., the mix of restaurants, retail, nightlife, public services, neighborhood aesthetics, etc.). State & Local Finance
Article March 30, 2022 Wachter Receives Quigley Medal Susan Wachter won AREUEA's 2022 John M. Quigley Medal for Advancing Real Estate and Urban Economics. Susan Wachter State & Local Finance
Faculty Fellow Benjamin Keys
Rowan Family Foundation Professor of Real Estate and Finance, The Wharton School
State & Local Finance

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