Bricks & Brand recently sponsored the Closest-to-the-Pin Challenge at the Minnesota Real Estate Journal Golf Outing. The event was a great reminder that successful real estate projects are built on strong relationships, collaboration, and community.

The World Cup brought millions of visitors to the United States and created a powerful lesson in real estate economics: when demand arrives faster than supply can respond, pricing often rises faster than occupancy.

As America approaches its 250th birthday, reflections on freedom, innovation, real estate, placemaking, and the communities that will shape our nation's next chapter

The Twin Cities apartment market remains one of the nation's most resilient multifamily markets. Explore vacancy trends, rent growth projections, development activity, and why the looming supply cliff could reshape the market through 2027. Download our Mid-Year Apartment Outlook.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the Itasca Project, the region needs at least 18,000 new units annually to meet demand. Since 2000, we’ve only reached that benchmark nine times, and five of those years occurred more than two decades ago.

Real estate veteran Matt Mullins shares why he launched Bricks and Brand, what’s happening in Minnesota’s multifamily market, and why relationships still matter more than technology in real estate advisory.

Word of the Year: Change

The recent suggestion of the 50-year mortgage is generating buzz in the real estate industry. The Trump Administration recently announced it is working on a plan to improve affordability by allowing buyers to qualify more easily through extending the amortization schedule. But the real question is: will the plan actually make housing more affordable?…

Rent control is a topic that hits close to home for me as a Twin Cities resident. Over the past several years, I’ve studied, followed, and analyzed both the Minneapolis and St. Paul rental markets closely—and I’ve seen firsthand how policy decisions shape outcomes…