By Adam Pagnucco. Two days ago, I wrote a post about the fact that building permit data published by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that Montgomery County permitted the lowest…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Update: The county government is disputing the accuracy of the Census Bureau’s building permit estimates and claims that Montgomery’s numbers are much higher. I am working with…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Data from April released by the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) indicates that a falling supply of homes for sale continues to drive home prices…
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School Impact Taxes Set to Skyrocket
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By Adam Pagnucco. The first of multiple tax hikes that will likely be implemented in coming weeks is now on deck. But this one did not originate with either the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The county council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) has struck again, telling the council that another one of their bills will hurt the economy. (They did this…
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Are Rent Increases Out of Control?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Rent control supporters frequently allege astronomical rent hikes in making their case for tough legislation such as the Jawando-Mink-Elrich rent control bill. Statements in support of that…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Unless your goal is to stop construction of new housing, rent control of the kind practiced in Takoma Park is not the answer to Montgomery County’s housing…
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Top Stories: January 2023
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in January 2023, ranked by page views. 1. Political Awards, 2022 2. Planning Board Applicants Revealed 3. Do…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last November, I published real estate data provided by Silver Spring broker Liz Brent showing that declining inventories of homes for sale were resulting in soaring home…
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Do We Want More Housing or Not?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, former Council Member Hans Riemer published a guest column in Maryland Matters claiming that the county council had made “historic progress on housing.” There is no…