Real Estate Faculty Highlights & Featured Viewpoints: Summer 2025

Published on August 27, 2025

 

Faculty in the Media
Marketplace: August 21, 2025

Why Higher Interest Rates Pushed Up Rent

Professor Boaz Abramson's research is featured.
 
Forbes: August 15, 2025

New Studies Explain Why Housing Is So Expensive And Why It Is So Hard To Make It Cheaper

Professor Boaz Abramson's research is featured.
 
The Economist: July 31, 2025

The Deeper Reason for Banking’s Retreat

Professor Tomasz Piskorski's research is featured.
 
CBS News: June 12, 2025

NYC ends broker fees for renters, but will that lead to higher rent prices?

Professor Tomasz Piskorski is featured. 
 
Axios: May 11, 2025

Why Student Loan Debt Collections Could Be More Painful Than Anticipated

Professor Tomasz Piskorski's research is featured. 
 
Bloomberg: March 13, 2025

Blackstone’s $17 Billion Property Lending Arm Isn’t Giving up on Its Office Bets

Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh's research is featured.
 
PolitiFact: March 12, 2025

Did the Cost of Buying a Home Double under Joe Biden, as JD Vance Said?

Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh is quoted.
 
MarketWatch: March 12, 2025

Rocket-Redfin Deal Could Make Home Buying More Convenient — and More Expensive

Professor Tomasz Piskorski's research is featured.
 
Publications
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, August 2025

Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison

by Boaz Abramson and Tim Landvoigt
 
Review of Financial Studies, 2025, Forthcoming

Understanding Rationality and Disagreement in House Price Expectations

by Zigang Li, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, and Wang Renxuan
 
Featured Viewpoints
The Mamdani Rent Freeze and Its Impact on New York City's Multifamily Market

by David Aviram ’06, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Maverick Real Estate Partners, and John Kaminsky, Managing Director, Data Strategy, Maverick Real Estate Partners
 
 
The Year of the Data Center 

by Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
 
 
The Intersection of Private Equity, Insurance Companies, and Commercial Real Estate Debt

by Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, and Mark Clanton, PhD Candidate, Columbia Business School
 
 
The Growing Impact of Climate Change on Real Estate Coverage

by Assistant Professor Parinitha Sastry
 
 
Housing Policy Comment

by Hugh Frater '85
 
 
Faculty Recognition

Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh won best paper award at the National Meeting of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association for “An Alpha in Affordable Housing?” - May 30, 2025.

Senior Lecturer Brian Lancaster awarded the 2025 Singhvi Prize for
Scholarship in the Classroom. Thiis is awarded to a full-time faculty member who exemplifies excellence in the classroom for dedication to teaching and ability to communicate knowledge and encourage students.
 

Other news

Introducing the Real Estate Forum — A Podcast from the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate

August 14, 2025
Premiering September 3!Presented by the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School, the Real Estate Forum podcast brings you insights into the evolving real estate landscape—from candid conversations with real estate thought leaders to cutting-edge research.Over the last two decades, the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School has been at the forefron

From the Research Lab: Why Lower Interest Rates Might Cool Inflation Instead of Fueling It

September 5, 2025
WHY LOWER INTEREST RATES MIGHT COOL INFLATION INSTEAD OF FUELING ITAs the Fed considers a September rate cut, new Columbia Business School research shows that lower interest rates may reduce rents, cooling one of the biggest drivers of U.S. inflation.by Boaz Abramson, Assistant Professor of Business, Finance DivisionSeptember 2025All eyes are on the September Federal Open Market Committee meeting.