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ARES Urbanexus Update #177
ARES Urbanexus Update #177

The American Real Estate Society (ARES) distributes this periodic newsletter, which features real estate-related news and information curated by H. Pike Oliver.

Mannheim and the network state
Mannheim and the network state

Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction was published in 1940. Today, it reads like a prescient framework for examining our fractured society in the USA.

Divergent housing price trajectories in U.S. metropolitan areas
Divergent housing price trajectories in U.S. metropolitan areas
California Forever’s pivot
California Forever’s pivot

From stealth assemblage to Suisun City annexation submission — and the road ahead

How changes in family structure and educational stratification affect young men in the USA
Two U.S. District Court decisions

Two significant U.S. District Court decisions were handed down in the first week of September 2025. One concerns the use of the U.S. military for domestic policing. The other ruling addressed the revocation of federal research grant funding from a university.