Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (25/25) – Property Value Loss Due to Climate Change and a Transitional year for the Apartment Market
The Southern California wildfires had minimal impact on the supply chain. However, problems could arise later when people start to rebuild homes and infrastructure. Construction Dive (Alejandra Caranza)
Higher materials prices could threaten future project demand even before a brewing war is fully unfolded. Construction Dive (Sebastian Obando)
- The Trump Administration’s recent focus of tariffs and deportations may have an impact on the housing market, from construction materials to mortgage rate, and beyond. (Andrew Dehan, Bankrate)
- Climate change could result in $1.47 trillion in net property value losses from rising insurance costs and shifting consumer demand. (Andrew Freedman, Axios)
- U.S. Treasury yields are trending up since late last, and commercial real-estate distress risk is straining the balance sheets of regional banks again. (Yizhu wang and Neil Callanan from Yahoo)
- The industry is facing a changing landscape as the Trump Administration tries to reshape some of the most impactful federal policy. Construction Dive, Julie Strupp, and Sebastian Obando)
- With the market’s softness last year, many apartment executives are worried about their survival in 2025. Many of them call it a year of transition. (Multifamily Dive)
