Wednesday, December 18, 2024

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Buy multifamily – market conditions favor investment

Now is the time to buy multifamily, said Peter Standley, director of Marcus & Millichap's multifamily division, while discussing the state of industry on October 7. He discussed the impact of new...
Absorption rates have notably risen from 118,000 units in the first quarter to 166,000 in the second, fostering optimism among industry experts about a potential shift from decelerating fundamentals to a growth phase.

Market set for recovery

The multifamily housing market is showing promising signs of recovery, with recent data from CoStar Group revealing a significant increase in demand and stabilization of vacancy rates. Absorption rates have notably risen from 118,000 units...
A 2024 decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Players Place II Condominium Association, Inc. v. K.P. applied federal and state law and provides important guidance for an HOA to avoid a housing discrimination claim.

How to assess a resident’s request for an emotional support animal

Multifamily housing providers are faced with increasing requests from residents with disabilities for emotional support animals (ESA). Requests for ESAs are generating more enforcement actions. In 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Interest rates slow apartment development

INFOGRAPHIC: Interest rates slow apartment development

Rising interest rates, tighter lending and flattening rents in parts of the country have left property companies from California to Florida waiting for financing that may not come soon. +500 days (up 45% from 2019)...
L.A. homeless tower building cost rings bells

L.A. homeless tower building cost rings bells

Gym, balconies, restaurant, soundproof music studio, business center, located in downtown Los Angeles, and it’s pet friendly. Sounds like a pretty good hotel, four-stars at least. Sounds like it, but it isn’t. It’s the new Weingart...
Gables 12 Twenty One in the Rosslyn submarket of Arlington, Virginia

Bozzuto acquires Gables property

Over the last decade and a half, it has made much more sense for Bozzuto to build rather than buy apartments. However, as it has become harder to pencil out new projects, the Greenbelt,...
In February, multifamily distress hit its highest level in 18 months, increasing by 80 basis points over the previous month, according to CRED iQ, which tracks and analyzes data and valuations of more than $2 trillion in commercial real estate (CRE).

2024 could be the year of the distressed deal

Investors are finally starting to take advantage of distress in the multifamily sector, even though the huge wave of distress pundits predicted last year failed to materialize. In February, multifamily distress hit its highest level...

Surging demand in Q2 2024 helps stabilize occupancy and rent growth

Surging demand in Q2 2024 helps stabilize occupancy and rent growth and narrow the gap between supply and demand, according to RealPage Market Analytics. RealPage market analyst Carl Whittaker thinks this is...
Market demand sets stage for few rent hikes

Market demand sets stage for few rent hikes

While asking rents for new leases nationally are running nearly flat over the past 12 months, those figures are heavily influenced by the Sunbelt, where record-high supply has turned rent growth negative in some...
With the property technology market bursting at the seams, how can operators determine which software best suits their needs? And from there what does the process for vetting potential vendors and solutions look like?

What to consider when buying property management software

Operating an apartment community is nearly impossible without the help of property management software. Choosing the right property management software is essential. With the property technology market bursting at the seams, how can operators determine...

Apartment market fundamentals stabilized in July, reports RealPage

According to data from RealPage Analytics, apartment fundamentals stabilized in July. Rent growth and occupancy remained relatively steady during the month. National occupancy was 94.2 percent for the third straight month, which...
Rent control still the wrong solution to housing woes

Rent control still the wrong solution to housing woes

Restricting the price of housing kills incentives to supply places to live. Rent control is having something of a moment: In Los Angeles, tenants are invoking a law that imposes limits on apartments built on...
According to a 2021 study by the University of California, Los Angeles and U.C. Berkeley, over one-third of public school employees are “rent-burdened,” meaning housing costs consume more than 30 percent of their income. The issue is particularly severe for food service workers, more than half of whom are affected.

California to turn unused school land into millions of housing units

In an effort to address a lack of housing that officials say has contributed to a shrinking teaching workforce, the California Department of Education is planning on converting undeveloped school lots into affordable housing. State...
The U.S. Supreme Court justices return to the bench the second week of June to issue opinions in argued cases. The court has somewhere around 28 decisions left to release before it begins its summer recess.

Major U.S. Supreme Court decisions coming down the track MAJOR UPDATE

June 28, 2024 Update: The Supreme Court in an unprecedented victory for multifamily and other businesses, has today reversed its 40-year-old decision in Chevron v. Natural Resource Defense Council. This law governed how courts...
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