The real estate sector is being transformed by COVID-19 and the climate crisis. Here's how leaders can shape a greener, more resilient sector for the future.

Daniele Pronestì and Giuseppe Pronestì 19 Jun 2020

How to Save the Planet

This expert shares how to make sustainable buildings

An open letter from Coen van Oostrom, founder and CEO at Edge Technologies, on the EU's Green New Deal, and how the real estate industry can adapt.

Coen van Oostrom · LinkedIn 24 Jan 2020

Real Estate

This man is sleeping out in the Davos cold to make a point about homelessness

Homelessness is a global problem with around 150 million people lacking a roof over their heads.

David Knowles 23 Jan 2020

Real Estate

Here's why real estate finance needs to build in sustainability

Buildings are a major contributor to climate change - and will suffers its impacts, too. But finding a way to mitigate both could reap financial benefits for the sector. Here's how.

Daniele Pronestì and Giuseppe Pronestì 15 Jan 2020

Real Estate

Closing the housing gap: how industry can help

Affordable housing is an issue around the world and business leaders are being urged to take a holistic approach to tackling the issue.

Fanyu Lin and Michael Gallagher 14 Jan 2020

SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Cities must show 'environmental resilience' to attract investment in real estate

Mid-sized cities with environmental resilience will be the target of much of the year's US$750 billion commercial property investment.

Richard Bloxam and Jeremy Kelly 14 Jan 2020

Agenda in Focus: Civil Society

Why humans are increasingly choosing to live alone

More than half of the households in Stockholm and London are lived in by just one person.

Esteban Ortiz-Ospina · Our World in Data 08 Jan 2020

SDG 01: No Poverty

The complicated correlation between affordable housing and gender violence

To date in South Africa, more than 4m housing opportunities have been created, and 56% of this housing has gone to women, rising to 70% in some areas – a crucial step for advancing gender...

Paula Meth · The Conversation 21 Oct 2019

Real Estate

Tiny homes: minimalist trend or economic necessity?

Are tiny homes just a trend for wealthy minimalists or an economic necessity for the growing poor?

Matt Davis · Big Think 07 Oct 2019

Real Estate

What Nigeria can learn from other rapidly urbanizing areas

With Africa's population rapidly growing, urbanisation is happening too fast in Nigeria for the government to keep up with housing, business and public service demands.

John Rennie Short · The Conversation 25 Sep 2019

United States

5 most affordable cities to buy a home in the US

Buying a home is still within reach for people with typical incomes in many places in the US, according to a new report.

David Elliott 16 Sep 2019

Real Estate

This Danish bank is offering mortgages with a negative interest rate

Jyske Bank, Denmark's third-largest bank, said this week that customers would now be able to take out a 10-year fixed-rate mortgage with an interest rate of -0.5%.

Will Martin · Business Insider 15 Aug 2019

United Kingdom

The UK is using shipping containers to create affordable housing

In the face of the affordable house shortage in the UK, one architect company is constructing homes out of shipping containers.

Matt Davis · Big Think 13 Aug 2019

Cities and Urbanization

These eco-friendly, affordable housing settlements around the world are under threat

1 billion people worldwide currently live in slums - this is expected to reach 3 billion within the next 30 years. Is 'development' really helping them?

Tanzil Shafique · The Conversation 09 Aug 2019

Real Estate

Real estate is the true measure of inequality in society – here’s why

Modern theorists show global inequality is being improperly tackled. Real estate is overlooked in its damning ability to polarize the global elite from the common worker.

Harold James · Project Syndicate 09 Aug 2019

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