How We Build More Housing with Brad Hargreaves & Noah Smith

In this special roundtable episode, Erik Torenberg is joined by Brad Hargreaves (the founder of Common, co-founder of General Assembly, and writer of Thesis Driven) and Noah Smith (podcast host, economist and writer of Noahpinion). They discuss the future of real estate and housing in America, the impact of regulations, and the potential of new cities.
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@ThesisDriven is a podcast hosted by Brad Hargreaves features conversations with the leading voices at the intersection of real estate, cities, innovation, and the built world.
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Links:
Noahpinion’s www.noahpinion.blog
Thesis Driven www.thesisdriven.com/
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X / TWITTER:
@bhargreaves (Brad)
@eriktorenberg (Erik)
@noahpinion (Noah)
@TurpentineMedia (Turpentine)
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(00:28) Understanding Real Estate Economics
(01:34) Role of Technology in Real Estate
(02:22) 2008 Financial Crisis and Real Estate
(06:31) Role of Banks in Real Estate
(10:14) Future of Real Estate and Housing
(16:01) Sponsor: Brave | Turpentine
(17:44) Impact of Regulations
(24:51) Real Estate Architecture’s Evolution
(29:48) Role of Developers in Real Estate
(40:21) Challenges of Building State Capacity
(51:53) Potential of New Cities
(01:00:33) Success of New Urbanist Towns
(01:01:53) Wrap
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hey thanks for posting this. just constructive feedback you were interrupting brad too much and I just wanted tolisten to him talk. It felt unnatural and competitive. Great stuff otherwise