Apartment Watch
Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Renter stereotypes don’t match reality, says analyst Jay Parsons
Yesterday, real estate market analyst Jay Parsons challenged a common myth about American renters in a LinkedIn post that drew on fresh...
Rent growth continues positive in May
Yardi Matrix reported that the national average asking apartment rent was up $6 in May from the revised level of the month before at...
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My husband likes to work on vintage cars. Turning a wrench is his yoga and he likes giant engine bays which are like giant...
Job openings and hiring up in April
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the number of total non-farm job openings...
CoStar: multifamily property prices lower
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices fell 1.34 percent month-over-month in April, an acceleration of last month’s reported decline. However,...
Multifamily CMBS delinquency rate lower in May
Trepp reported that the delinquency rate for multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans decreased in May after two months of sharp gains. However, the...
Multifamily construction spending revised higher
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending indicated that the value of multifamily residential construction put in place in April fell again. However, unlike...
Trump’s GSE reform plan back on the table
After more than 16 years under federal conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) critical to the U.S. housing finance...
A look at maturity dates on affordable multifamily mortgages
A new report from Yardi Matrix looks at upcoming loan maturities on affordable multifamily properties. It finds that these loans typically have longer terms...
Year-over-year rent growth remains negative in May
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national median monthly rent growth in May was 0.39 percent. Rents have now risen...
Communicate the big 3 of recycling
Growing up in unincorporated Fresno (the part of Fresno that Fresno apparently did not want), we had a tremendous number of fruit trees: lemon, orange,...
Multifamily CMBS special servicing rate rises in April
Trepp reported that the special servicing rate for multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans moved modestly higher in April, reversing its fall in the...
