Apartment Watch
Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
CoStar: multifamily property prices fall as transactions plunges
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices fell 0.8 percent month-over-month in January, a setback after four months of reported increases....
Multifamily CMBS delinquency rate declines
Trepp reported that the delinquency rate for multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans fell in February. It had been trending higher since last April....
HUD terminates Obama’s AFFH, again
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has, for a second time, cancelled the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, originally launched...
Multifamily construction spending continues to fall in January
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending said that multifamily construction spending in January was down 0.74 percent from the revised level of the...
MSCI: Multifamily property prices show positive trend
The latest commercial property price report from MSCI Real Capital Analytics said that multifamily property prices were up 0.7 percent month-over-month in January from...
NAHB honors the multifamily housing industry’s top achievements at the 2025 IBS
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has announced its annual Nationals Awards—formally the Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards. Along with the new...
Utility Management Advisory: An Origin Story
“No matter how hard I try, I can never, ever know everything about utility management.” I was a single contributor in my company and...
Is illegal immigration a driving force in apartment fundamentals?
Are illegal immigration and deportations truly driving forces behind housing supply, demand, and affordability issues, or are they being overstated by the...
SFR rents rise, but slowly
CoreLogic reported that their single-family rent index (SFRI) for December rose 1.8 percent from its year-earlier level. This is down 0.4 percentage points from...
Multifamily starts forecasts raised
Fannie Mae’s February housing forecast calls for multifamily starts to slow to start 2025 but to then rise through the end of 2026. The...
Consider asset hardening to reduce insurance risk
When I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to a suburb of Dallas, Texas, I was concerned about what the weather would be...
Apartment REITs (and some privates) lead new project starts
Confidence has returned to a small segment of the multifamily arena forecasting an end to the supply glut that has stymied both...
