Jeff Clabaugh

1 week ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

Metro has selected Houston, Texas-based developer Hines as lead developer for the transit agency’s planned 13.9-acre mixed-use development at the North Bethesda Metro station. The multibuilding development will be anchored by the University of Maryland’s new Institute of Health Computing. Planning for the North Bethesda Metro site development has been in the works for years.

3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

More than half of companies that have done away with diversity, equity and inclusion policies or scaled them back say it was political pressure or public scrutiny that led to those decisions. But one in seven companies who did so now say it was a mistake, according to a survey of 750 business leaders at organizations who’ve done so in the past six months.

3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

It has not been a typical spring for the housing market in the D.C. region. The headwinds buyers are facing have continued to multiply. The state of this spring’s D.C. housing market can be summed up in two words, according to Erica Plemmons, a researcher at listing service Bright MLS. “The first is ‘subdued’. We are seeing activity that maybe is not as blooming as we typically see in the spring housing market,” Plemmons said.

3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

Staging a home that is for sale — with new, but neutral furniture and art to make the home appealing to more buyers — is effective, according to a survey of real estate agents conducted by the National Association of Realtors. But not a slam dunk. In its survey, 29% of agents reported staging led to a 1% to 10% increase in the selling price, and 40% said staging helped sell the home faster. The cost of staging a home depends on whether it is done professionally, and who pays for it, also varies.

3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

More than two-thirds of companies now use artificial intelligence in at least some stage of the job interview, screening and recruitment process. It has eased workloads for human resources managers, and can filter out candidates who are not appropriate for the role. But AI recruiting tools are not perfect, and job seekers are increasingly pushing back against it.