Apartment Watch
Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Yardi Matrix: Advertised rents drop in September
Yardi Matrix reported that the national average asking apartment rent fell $6 in September compared to the revised level of the month before to $1,750...
Multifamily CMBS delinquency rate moves lower
Trepp reported that the delinquency rate for multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) retreated in September after last month’s surge. The overall CMBS delinquency rate...
Provide visibility to drive behavior
Winston Churchill once said, “The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.” I like that as I think understanding history...
Mom-and-pop landlords still dominate SFR
Despite the steady drumbeat of headlines about Wall Street landlords and institutional investors buying up homes, the single-family rental (SFR) market remains...
JOLT report shows slow job growth despite higher openings
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...
Rent growth negative in September
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that national median rent fell in September with month-over-month rent growth of -0.42 percent. As it...
CoStar: multifamily property prices continue to decline in August
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices fell month-over-month in August, dropping 1.31 percent, its sixth consecutive monthly decline. However, CoStar...
New rules: renter search journeys are changing
The renter search journey has changed dramatically, and so has the renter, finds a recent survey of over 1,000 U.S. residents conducted...
MSCI: Multifamily property prices unchanged despite overall price rise
The latest commercial property price report from MSCI Real Capital Analytics said that multifamily property prices were effectively unchanged in August compared to the...
Energy efficiency is a resident retention tool
I once attended a conference with a team member. At the lunch break, she turned to me and said, “You are really good at...
Life insurers raise holdings of multifamily mortgage debt in Q2
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported that multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose by $27.70 billion in Q2 from the revised level of the quarter...
Multifamily starts forecasts revised higher again
Revisions to Fannie Mae’s September housing forecast raise the number of multifamily starts expected in 2025 and 2026 from those in last month’s forecast....
