By Adam Pagnucco. Late last week, travel news site Skift broke the news that Bethesda-based Marriott International had notified its employees of pending layoffs. Later, the story was updated to…
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Elrich Wants Us to Be Like Virginia. Really?
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By Adam Pagnucco. It won’t be a surprise to Montgomery Perspective readers that County Executive Marc Elrich wants to raise taxes. After all, he has tried to do so before…
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By Adam Pagnucco. I will begin this post with three statements. Montgomery County government has no idea how many housing units it has permitted prior to 2019. The director of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. New Census estimates of population in 2023 show slow growth for most of Maryland and the D.C. region. Compared with 2020, population growth is close to nil…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last summer, I revealed that the U.S. Census Bureau had been publishing inaccurate data on Montgomery County building permits for years. That caused concern in parts of…
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Office Building Owners Cry Out for Help
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By Adam Pagnucco. Besieged by rising office vacancy rates, depressed leasing activity and weak sales, a group of office building owners has commissioned a report showing a pending drop in…
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By Adam Pagnucco. One of the biggest economic stories in the Washington region right now is the end of high local inflation rates. That’s good news for area residents. It…
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Here is An Analysis I Want to See
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a recent post on the real estate industry, I wrote the following: One of the principal flaws of policy making in MoCo government is that individual…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few industries are more prominent in any local economy than the real estate industry. Consider everything this industry does. Realtors help residents buy and sell homes. Homebuilders…
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Friedson and Stewart Speak, Introduction
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By Adam Pagnucco. On June 27, the Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce invited me to moderate a panel with Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart at their annual real…
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