23 Million residents on the move
Remote working may be here to stay leading millions of residents to relocate.
Many large U.S. businesses have made their work at home policy permanent. Others have extended their remote work policies through 2021. It’s...
Letter from Sec. Carson: Removing red tape improves housing
Many federal regulations are like weeds growing in the Washington swamp. If left untended, the landscape becomes overgrown, preventing progress and innovation from taking root in our society. And just like pulling weeds in...
Mixed report on multifamily housing construction in November
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for November 2020. It shows a pickup in multifamily housing construction permits and starts but a sharp fall in the rate of completions of...
GSEs supply most new multifamily mortgage debt in Q4
A Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report shows that the government sponsored entities (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, accounted for most of the growth in multifamily mortgage debt holdings in Q4 2022.
The MBA reported...
Builder confidence hits 20-month high
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose three points to 71 in October, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. Sentiment levels...
Rent delinquencies rise in latest Pulse Survey
The “Week 45” edition of the Census Bureau’s Pulse Survey shows that the portion of renters who are behind on their rent payments has grown since we last reported on this survey.
What is the...
October apartment market conditions showed some rebound from COVID-19 impacts
Apartment market conditions moderated in the National Multifamily Housing Council’s Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for October 2020, as the industry continues to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While the Sales Volume...
Slow rise in multifamily construction spending in March
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending said that the value of multifamily residential construction put in place in March was up 0.4 percent month-over-month. Spending on single-family fell for the 11th month in...
CDC eviction ban struck down nationwide
On May 5, federal judge Dabney Friedrich ruled in the case of Alabama Association of Realtors v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that the CDC cannot enforce its eviction moratorium. Unlike previous...
Multifamily housing construction starts plunge in May
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for May showed softening in multifamily permit issuance and a drop in unit starts. Unit completions rose during the month but still trailed unit starts resulting in...
July apartment market conditions show improvement; construction labor reported as both more expensive and...
Apartment market conditions improved across three of the four indexes measured by the July National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. The Sales Volume (55), Equity Financing (56) and Debt...
SVA Architects receives three “Awards of Merit” in Gold Nugget Competition
After announcing its recent move to a larger office in Santa Ana to accommodate its growing demand, SVA Architects, Inc. is celebrating another success upon learning that it earned three 2018 Gold Nugget Awards...
First Command Reports: Financial readiness key challenge for military families
Financial readiness is a key challenge for career service member families, particularly among the military spouses who bear primary responsibility for managing household finances, according to the latest findings of the First Command Financial...
Jobs coming back – slowly
Two recent reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) describe the current labor situation. They are the Employment Situation Report for October and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for September....
Five technologies that will enable net-zero for buildings
With the Biden administration setting aggressive goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, building owners and operators should expect increasing emphasis on energy efficiency in the years ahead.
Energy efficient buildings were the focus of a...
