All 6 Real Estate & Construction posts we have indexed from venture capital blogs and newsletters, plus the highest-scoring pieces of the past year and the people who write about it most.
Housing prices surged 55% in the 2020s without a bubble because constrained supply, responsible lending standards, demographic tailwinds, and locked-in low mortgage rates eliminated the speculation and excess that preceded the 2008 crash.
Data centers face widespread local opposition despite strong fiscal benefits—property tax revenues in places like Loudoun County dramatically exceed costs—but the industry's trust deficit and invisible counterfactuals mean better data won't solve the politics.
Young people's homeownership rates are lower than previous generations at the same age, but the pessimistic narrative is overblown—Gen Z is actually outpacing millennials, and demographic and economic shifts in the 2030s will likely make housing affordable again.
U.S. housing affordability ranks better globally but remains locally acute; without supply-side solutions, the country could match worse outcomes in Australia, Canada, and the UK where price-to-income ratios are significantly higher.
Rising long-term bond yields have pushed mortgage rates near 7%, creating a structural drag on housing demand. While government debt levels are concerning, the real economic risk lies in sustained high mortgage rates compressing affordability after a decade of rapid price and rate increases.
A VC uses Claude AI and open-source tools to build a universal home automation dashboard that consolidates 17 fragmented apps across multiple smart-home systems, solving a real UX problem by treating each proprietary layer independently.
A Wealth of Common Sense (4) · My Climate Journey (1) · Feld Thoughts (1) · Reaction Wheel (1) · Glenn Borok (1) · Lowercarbon (1) · Pear (1)
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