Facilities and Real Estate

According to joint research from the Wharton School and the University of Wisconsin, homeowner insurance premiums have risen an average of 33% since 2020.

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that slower expectations on economic growth and increased risk of a recession could be causing the 10-year Treasury rate to decline.

A 2023 paper co-authored by Susan Wachter of the Wharton School found that nearly half of adults aged 18 to 29 live with their parents at levels not seen since the Great Depression.

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School discusses the availability of mortgage insurance in regions where disasters like fires and floods make insurance costly or scarce.

Penn alumni and former cross-country runners Jane and David Ott have helped reinvigorate track and field in Philadelphia with the newly built Ott Center, a $69.3 million, 73,000-square foot indoor track facility.

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that new housing construction is occurring at a snail’s pace due to the high cost of labor and materials and the difficulty of financing large projects.