THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Welcome to my weekly newsletter featuring a personal note on the ever-evolving world of real estate along with a few news-worthy updates. Enjoy!

fueling happiness

These are challenging times in our country.

Can we regain some agency over our well-being and our happiness? I believe so. I like this list of 12 maxims:

1. Accept yourself, and expect more from yourself.

2. Work is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.

3. What we do every day matters more than what we do once in a while.

4. How we do anything is how we do everything.

5. Perfectionism is driven not by high standards but by anxiety.

6. To respect us, people must first notice us; we can’t earn trust and admiration from the sidelines.

7. If we’re not failing, we’re not trying hard enough.

8. Before declaring that something is superficial, un­healthy, wrong, or immoral, we should consider: Maybe this just doesn’t suit my taste.

9. Karma is real, and nowhere more so than in Real Estate (of course, this is my own)!

10. Nothing is more exhausting than the task that’s never started.

11. It’s easier to change our surroundings and our schedules than to change ourselves.

12. The bird, the bee, and the bat all fly, but they use different wings. We all do things differently.

Do you have others? I'd love to hear from you.

real estate & the news

• Across the U.S. and Canada, the pool of tech workers with AI skills grew by more than 50% from mid-2024 to mid-2025 to 517,000 workers. That talent is concentrated most in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Seattle, Toronto and Washington, D.C. The in-migration of talent to these tech markets has a sizable impact on residential real estate which shows that apartment rents have increased in all of the top AI tech markets.  (CNBC)

• Some argue the US economy experienced a "hidden, rolling recession" over the past few years with individual sectors experiencing downturns at different times, peaking around April 2025, and now potentially seeing a recovery.  "Rolling recession" suggests different parts of the economy contract at different times rather than a simultaneous, widespread slowdown, often triggered by an 'event'. (Morgan Stanley)

• There are over 600 branded residences in the world.....Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, Fendi, Bentley, Armani, Aman, you-name-it. Each is in an arms-race for amenities.... Now a new echelon of branded residences is being pitched as communities of people with shared interests: a passion for sailing, gastronomy, equestrian pursuits — even health and longevity. Developments are increasingly “purpose driven” — and signed off by stellar names. (FT)

around dc

LUZIA

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

Poetically guided by light (‘luz’ in Spanish) and rain (‘lluvia’), LUZIA chronicles the encounters of a parachuted traveler with the culture, nature and mythology of a dreamlike land inhabited by a mystifying menagerie of characters. Refreshing and unexpected, LUZIA enchants by artistically incorporating water into the acrobatic presentation – a first for a Cirque du Soleil touring production. Details and ticket information available here.

Lee Arrowood

Principal, Arrowood Advisory at Compass

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