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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. My plan was to read LESS this year than last year and I did a good job. One hundred and fourteen books. I was busier, happier. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. average read per month: 9.5

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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I have written a lot about ways to accelerate improvement "East of the River": -- " Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC ," 2024 -- " Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus? ," 2023 -- " DC's 11th Street (..)

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Philadelphia 76ers ," 2023 ). and Baltimore metropolitan areas ," Transport Policy , 2014. Principles that drive my approach to urban revitalization (that the average citizen never thinks about). Also see " The analysis of transit-oriented development (TOD) in Washington, D.C. It's three stories, but there is parking for every unit.

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Closing Cost Reform: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Insights from the NAR lawsuit and settlement In 2023, the NAR and certain large brokerages were sued in Missouri federal court via a private class-action lawsuit. In 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan research arm of Congress, studied title insurance. The ten-year average from 2014 to 2023 was 6.4

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Conservatives were very vociferous in opposing the changes, most notably in two prominent Wall Street Journal editorials: “Upside Down Mortgage Policy” (April 22, 2023) and “Spinning Federal Mortgage Fees” (April 28, 2023). those with a principal amount over $726,200 in 2023 33 ).