Sr Housing Economist @Airbnb, formerly Deputy Chief Economist @Redfin. The views expressed are my own. S.D.G

Washington, DC
Joined July 2012
"Don’t feel sorry for millennials. They are living it up now" economist.com/finance-and-ec… "The Economist has assembled data on millennials’ incomes for 32 rich countries. In just three of these—Italy, Greece and Japan—are millennials worse off"
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Kudos to Aziz for using a more sophisticated methodology than the most of the rent vs own slop. Buying a house is a wonderful thing but do it because you want it, not as your primary financial investment.
The financial advantage of owning over renting is much slimmer than most people think.
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The financial advantage of owning over renting is much slimmer than most people think.
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In 2024, the median small farm lost roughly ~$2,800. Last year, the typical farm stay host on Airbnb earned ~$8,000. That gap is why we're partnering with American Farmland Trust to offer farmers up to $10,000 to start or expand a farm stay. foxnews.com/travel/farmers-o…
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750,000 homes across the country are ready to build, and stuck without final funding. They've cleared the hurdles. They just need the last dollars to break ground. Today, we're doing something about it. Introducing the Airbnb Housing Accelerator. 🧵
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There are lots of explanations for high home prices. But academic papers that cite regulation as the primary driver have been cited 6x more than papers which cite other reasons.
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Apartment rent-to-income ratios have fallen to the lowest levels since prior to the pandemic, at least for market-rate apartments (which cater to mid- and upper-income renters). Encouraging sign of renter financial health.
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A new RAND study of impact fees finds that a 25% reduction in such fees would increase the number of feasible housing developments by 20%, and pay for itself via increased taxed revenue.
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The Terner Center seeks a Director of Operations & Strategy to provide leadership across fund development, operations, finance, communications, & organizational planning that supports our work to advance high-impact housing research & policy engagement. ternercenter.berkeley.edu/ca…
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A man-made crisis in DC's "affordable housing" market, in 3 steps: "the system that was put in place also...created enormous incentives for tenants to not pay rent" "What followed was a massive surge in unpaid rents" "rent nonpayment in LIHTC properties in DC is so high that these properties are, on average, operating at a loss"
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Housing units completed YTD 2026: San Francisco: 377 Austin: 7,274 Guess which city has seen a rent *decrease* over the past 2 years...
Housing units completed in San Francisco per year over the last 20 years San Francisco has only completed 377 housing units so far this year
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