Mandates grabbed headlines, but occupancy, productivity, and real estate numbers tell a subtler story: hybrid won, and the office is being rebuilt around it.
Lending moved from bank balance sheets to investment funds, and a market few Americans have heard of now finances everything from software buyouts to jet engines.
From chicken chains to home services, franchising is expanding faster than the broader economy — powered by corporate refugees, private equity, and the playbook economy.
Millions of homeowners hold mortgages far below today’s rates — and their reluctance to move has reshaped inventory, prices, and how a generation buys homes.