08/10/2017: Markets go down. Go figure.

Segments From This Episode

• What happens to your house when you get deported?

  by Reema Khrais

  

  Most undocumented immigrants who are deported are Latino men with jobs. That has a ripple effect on housing.

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• Why your next landlord might be based on Wall Street

  Two of the country’s largest institutional landlords are joining forces. Starwood Waypoint Homes and Blackstone’s Invitation Homes are merging, becoming a mega landlord with 82,000 homes in metropolitan areas across the country. The merger tells us a lot about the housing and single-family home rental markets. Click the audio player above to hear the full […]

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• Uber’s divorce from auto leasing business highlights subprime market risks

  by Ryan Kailath

  Uber, amidst its many troubles, will be winding down one chunk of its business. The Wall Street Journal reports that Uber will end it’s car leasing program by the end of the year. You may remember from 2015 that Uber started an auto leasing division as a way to attract new drivers. The idea being, […]

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• Koch brothers are silent investors in "Wonder Woman"

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  One hears a lot that in its politics, Hollywood tends toward the liberal. The Kansas-based Koch brothers (whose company is an on-again, off-again underwriter of this program) tend toward conservative politics. And one would imagine that the twain would never meet. But movies are expensive to make, so producers need money. And movies can be profitable, and […]

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• Do tax incentives pay off for states wooing employers?

  by Amy Scott

  Last month President Trump announced a deal with Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn to bring as many as 13,000 jobs to southeastern Wisconsin in exchange for $3 billion in tax breaks. Now legislative analysts are projecting the state won’t break even on that investment for more than 25 years. These sorts of mega-incentives to lure employers […]

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