Apartment Watch
Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Multifamily housing construction slows in August
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for August 2020. It shows a slowdown in all phases of multifamily housing construction. Permits...
COVID’s impact on multifamily CRE loan credit risk
A report from Moody’s Analytics attempts to predict the impact of the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic on the credit quality of commercial real...
Alternate views on rent payments
With COVID disrupting the economy, there is high interest in assessing how many renters are failing to make their rent payments. This article examines...
Rent Payment Tracker: rents trending down
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 86.2 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by September...
Taking sides on Prop 21
The latest rent control initiative to appear on California’s ballot will be voted on this November. People and groups are now declaring where they...
Jobs coming back, but slowly
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for July. It shows that the jobs market...
Lumber drives construction material prices higher again
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for August 2020. It showed that the BLS price index of materials...
Sponsored: How to engage with today’s multifamily renters
When a potential renter walks through your doors, are you positioned to understand their specific needs? In a recent Assurant study, we’ve outlined five...
Rent growth barely positive in August
Yardi Matrix released its August 2020 report on the multifamily rental housing market. The report shows that rent growth was positive for the second...
Rent payment tracker: payments down
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 76.4 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by September...
Payroll tax holiday begins Sept. 1
At the beginning of August, President Trump issued an executive order deferring certain payroll tax obligations. This was done in response to Congress refusing...
New housing laws coming to California
The 2020 legislative session in California saw the consideration of at least 9 significant bills intended to address the state’s housing deficit. When the...
