Facilities and Real Estate

Goodbye to an iconic tree

More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A farm-to-table meal at Penn, in photos

Honoring Earth Week, Penn Dining and the Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative teamed up to create a vegetable-forward menu for Quaker Kitchen, sourcing produce from local purveyors to highlight what’s currently growing on the quarter-acre Penn Park Farm.

Michele W. Berger



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CNBC

Gen Z, millennials want to invest—but many aren’t, CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds. Here are the issues

Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School says that the number of young adults still living with their parents is at historic levels due to unaffordable housing costs.

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Newsweek

Californians face ‘devastating’ insurance hikes

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that without a functioning insurance market there’s no functioning mortgage market or housing market.

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Newsweek

Florida insurance crisis spells mortgage disaster

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that it’s basically impossible to take out a mortgage without having an insurance policy.

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The Washington Post

Where in America are we actually building new housing?

An analysis by Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School evaluated how much zoning and related restrictions added to the cost of a typical quarter-acre lot from 2013 to 2018, by metro region.

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The New York Times

A 30-year trap: The problem with America’s weird mortgages

According to research co-authored by Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School, nearly 10% of U.S. homes were in foreclosure at one point during the early 1930s.

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Barron’s

Home prices could come down. What it would take

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that affordable homeownership has long been considered an achievable cornerstone of the American dream, but now that role is increasingly in question.

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