Category: Blog
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The Expanding Housing Crisis: How Middle-Income Families Became the New Face of Affordability Challenges
Keycrew Journal Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, has had a front-row seat to one of the most significant and underreported shifts in American housing: the affordability crisis is no longer just a low-income problem, and he’s been watching the boundaries quietly expand…
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Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York
The Nation Article Link In a recent feature in The Nation, Marc Norman, Silverstein Chair and Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, offers a grounding reality check on New York City’s latest wave of housing ambition, reminding us that the most powerful thing a new mayor can…
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Canceled Home Purchases Rise, Reflecting Buyers’ Increased Power
New York Times Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, sees nothing surprising in the sharp rise of home purchase cancellations sweeping across the United States — in fact, he says it makes perfect sense. In a recent New York Times feature, Norman helps…
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The NYU SPS Schack Institute of Real Estate Hosts the 9th Annual Conference on Sustainable Real Estate on February 2, 2026
NYU School of Professional Studies Article Link On February 2, 2026, NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate hosted its 9th Annual Conference on Sustainable Real Estate, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, academics, and students to tackle one of the most pressing questions in the built environment: how do climate, community,…
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Trump Is Moving to Bar Wall Street Firms From Buying Single-Family Homes. Here’s What That Would Mean for Affordability
Time Magazine Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, provides opinions of President Trump’s executive order restricting institutional investors from buying single-family homes, arguing that the policy rests on a misreading of what is actually driving unaffordability. In a recent Time Magazine feature, Norman…
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Commercial Real Estate’s Hopes and Fears about Mamdani’s New York: “A Lot of Virtue Signalling Going On”
The Real Deal Article Link New York’s commercial real estate elite gathered at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate’s Capital Markets Conference in December 2025 with one question dominating the room: what does Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani mean for the city’s property market? The verdict was cautiously optimistic but laced with…
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CRE Braces for Increased Costs From Fed Changes: NYU Schack Panelists
Commercial Observer Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, co-hosted the Institute’s 58th Annual Capital Markets Conference, an event that stands as a testament to the platform he has built, one that regularly draws Wall Street’s most influential voices to wrestle with the questions…
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Conversations, AI, Refinancing Win Big at Commercial Observer’s Breakthrough Awards
Commercial Observer Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, took centre stage as emcee at Commercial Observer’s 3rd Annual Breakthrough Awards, bringing his trademark blend of academic perspective and industry fluency to one of commercial real estate’s most prominent annual gatherings. Held at 7…
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NYU Schack Special Report: No Credit Bubble Yet
Commercial Property Executive Article Link Marc Norman and the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate once again convened the industry’s most influential voices at the 58th Annual Conference on Capital Markets, providing the forum for a timely and closely watched debate: is the flood of private credit into commercial real…
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Private Real Estate Investors Divided over NYC Revival
PERE Article Link Marc Norman and NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate once again set the stage for one of the industry’s most candid conversations, as the Institute’s real estate capital markets conference in Midtown became the backdrop for a pointed debate about whether New York City is truly back,…