Today's Commentary · June 13, 2026
By Rob Chrisman
In a couple days I and many others head to Honolulu for the MBAH, joining speakers from all over the nation (Mitch Kider and Bob Niemi from Florida, Brian Levy and Sue Woodard from Wisconsin, Kristin Messerli, Robbie Chrisman, and others from the West Coast, to name a few). In the Aloha State, while data centers are booming across the continental United States, Hawaii's sky-high electricity costs have kept the industry at bay and legislators are grappling with them. Homeowners, and therefore builders and lenders, know that these...