Aaron Adams - Alpine Capital Solutions

06/15/2026

he Midwest and South continue to outpace the rest of the nation in affordability and new construction, leaving almost all coastal and Western states far behind, according to the 2026 Realtor.com® Housing Report Cards.

"This year's refresh reveals a familiar regional divide, but also some notable shifts beneath the surface, with a new state at the top of the class and a handful of states whose grades moved dramatically in either direction," says Realtor.com senior economist Joel Berner.

Indiana clinched the No. 1 spot this year, climbing three spots from last year to earn an A grade and dethrone 2025 leader South Carolina, which slipped to third place.

https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/2026-state-report-card-homebuilding-affordability-indiana/?cid=eml__1946:66e221571a4446d4e6969d41:rm202606151030_Marketing_Consumer_Daily_EditorialRSSDynamic&deeplinkIdentityId=d2ebc14c-4677-40f5-be2c-2de335ac5c2e

06/12/2026

Join us live from Indianapolis this weekend!
✨ June LiveStream Invitation ✨

📅 Date: June 12th, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM (EST)
🎯 Topic: REI KickStart

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06/11/2026

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Furnished monthly rentals platform Furnished Finders has partnered with co-living marketplace PadSplit. Read STRz for more.

06/10/2026

June Market update is live!

06/05/2026

Antares Nuclear, a private nuclear fission energy company developing microreactors, achieved a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration on its Mark-0 advanced reactor at Idaho National Laboratory on Thursday, according to multiple news releases.

“It is fitting that on the eve of our nation’s 250th anniversary, we are witnessing a historic moment for American energy,” U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a release from the Department of Energy. “For the first time in more than four decades, a new privately developed non-light-water reactor has reached criticality in the United States.”

This is the first of multiple advanced reactors anticipated to go critical by July 4 — a deadline set by President Donald Trump last year, according to the DOE release.

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/06/first-advanced-reactor-criticality-in-the-us-announced-at-inl/?fbclid=IwZnRzaASP9dhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeHpo4zp0Tzyw09fdYRPUxSw3rMypBLb-2fz_lF5VlM_DP6HX67-Gysf0grNc_aem_Pjp81s0DiAhADBmVJ0LxEA

IDAHO FALLS — Antares Nuclear, a private nuclear fission energy company developing microreactors, achieved a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration on its Mark-0 advanced reactor at Idaho National Laboratory on Thursday, according to multiple news releases. “It is fitting that on the eve of...

06/03/2026

New Signal This Week: Institutional Research Is Starting to Favor the Midwest Over the Sun Belt

A noticeable theme emerged across fresh outlook reports:
National apartment deliveries are falling sharply.
Occupancy has improved to roughly 94.9% nationally.
Lease renewals are rising.
Investors are increasingly favoring markets with moderate growth and limited supply over high-growth markets that overbuilt.

The implication:
The best risk-adjusted opportunities for 2026–2028 may not be the fastest-growing metros. They may be the metros that avoided massive overbuilding.

🏙️ Kansas City — Strongest New Bullish Data of the Week
Several independent forecasts continue pointing the same direction.
New findings
Stabilized occupancy remains exceptionally healthy at 94.5%.
Yardi Matrix
Yardi projects +3.9% rent growth through YE 2026, among the highest forecasts for major U.S. markets.
Cushman & Wakefield Kansas City
KC currently ranks among the national leaders in rent growth.

Net apartment demand is projected around 2,800 units, roughly matching recent performance.

Major development pipeline
The biggest long-term demand catalyst remains the Panasonic ecosystem and related manufacturing expansion in western KC suburbs. Marcus & Millichap notes that job creation tied to the De Soto battery plant is already occurring and should continue supporting housing demand.

What matters
Kansas City is increasingly becoming:
→ Midwest stability
+
→ Sun Belt-style growth
That's a powerful combination.

🏢 Indianapolis — Supply Retrenchment Is Accelerating
This week's strongest new information came from construction pipeline data.
New findings
Multifamily construction starts have contracted roughly 65%.
Deliveries are slowing after peak supply years.
Rent growth remains positive despite elevated deliveries.
Indianapolis continues benefiting from population growth and renter demand.

Additional insight
Industrial demand remains extremely strong:
Record absorption occurred in the industrial sector.
Asking industrial rents are now more than 50% above levels from five years ago.

Industrial growth typically supports future housing demand.
What matters
Indy increasingly looks like:
→ low volatility
→ growing demand
→ shrinking future supply
Exactly the profile institutions are targeting.

🌆 Charlotte — Recovery Setup Continues to Improve
No major blockbuster development this week, but the broader thesis strengthened.
National reports continue showing:
New apartment starts are declining rapidly.
Deliveries are falling.
Occupancy is recovering.

Charlotte remains one of the metros most likely to benefit from that shift because it experienced one of the largest supply waves.
The key question is no longer:
"Did Charlotte overbuild?"
The key question is:
"How quickly does Charlotte absorb what it already built?"
Current evidence suggests faster than many analysts expected.

🌳 Winston-Salem / NC Triad
No major Triad-specific institutional reports surfaced this week.
The important signal is indirect:
As capital becomes more cautious about oversupplied metros, secondary markets with:
stable occupancy,
lower construction volumes,
and lower volatility

06/03/2026

Spring 2026 Moving Trends:

Idaho is the #1 state for moves in early 2026, with way more searches for moves into the state than out (2.05 in-to-out move ratio). It's the first time the state ratio has been higher than 2.0 since 2020.

Read more at:

moveBuddha reports Idaho leads in relocations for 2026, followed by Florida, North Carolina, and Texas.

05/26/2026

Indianapolis coming in at #1 & #2!

The best cities to live in 2026 are more affordable, smaller cities throughout the Midwest and Sun Belt.

05/24/2026

4, 7 & 9!!!

Discover the best markets in the U.S. for hassle-free turnkey property investments. From Baltimore to Dallas, find lucrative opportunities!

05/20/2026

Getting rid of this “permanent chassis” mandate could make manufactured homes — already home to 21 million Americans, most of whom earn under $50,000 a year — more attractive, more socially accepted, and even more affordable than they already are.

Roughly 100,000 new manufactured homes are produced each year, but production is down sharply from the 1970s, just before the rule took effect. With 152 existing factories already capable of producing these types of homes, industry leaders say striking the chassis requirement could help scale up manufacturing by hundreds of thousands of houses, especially if paired with zoning reforms. The policy tweak could offer real relief for the housing crunch, especially for first-time buyers and older adults looking to downsize.

https://www.vox.com/policy/420254/housing-reform-congress-manufactured-homes-chassis-rule