Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
economist and researcher
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The projected buildout would be larger relative to the economy than the major U.S. canal, railroad, electrification, highway, and telecommunications investment booms,
- wrote Columbia Business School professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh in a paper delivered at a Brookings Institution event last weekCNBCcnbc.com/2026/09…
A move from 6 to 7 is a big change,... and it will further dampen an already weak housing market.”
- said Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, a finance professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of BusinessThe New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…
These developments do not imply that financial distress is imminent,
- Van Nieuwerburgh wroteInternational Business Timesibtimes.com/ai/buildout…
It’s very hard to get the timing right with these big buildouts, and often what ends up happening is we get overexcited and accrue too much debt and then a bunch of these investments go bust,
- said Van NieuwerburghCNNcnn.com/2026/08…
That amounts to hundreds of dollars’ reduction in mortgage payments,
- said Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, a professor of real estate at Columbia Business SchoolThe New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…
Cost of living is high, taxes are high, [there is] increasing political polarization, and potentially also increasing climate hazards (such as wildfires in Los Angeles last January, for example),
- Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, a professor of real estate and co-director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia University, told NewsweekNewsweeknewsweek.com/map/shows…
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