Multifamily housing construction activity slows
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for September showed lower multifamily housing construction activity than in recent months.
Multifamily housing permits issuance declines
The number of permits issued for buildings with 5 or more units...
Multifamily housing starts up in Fannie Mae forecast
Compared with earlier forecasts, Fannie Mae’s October economic and housing forecasts call for higher multifamily housing starts over the next 6 months while also anticipating lower GDP growth and higher inflation.
Housing: less single-family, more...
Construction materials price rises pause in September
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index (PPI) report for September 2021. It showed that construction components and materials prices were down 0.2 percent in the month, seasonally adjusted. However,...
Rents move higher in September
The latest rent reports from Yardi Matrix and Apartment List show strongly positive rent growth for the country as-a-whole in September.
Rents up across the board
Yardi Matrix reported that the national average apartment rent rose...
Job openings remain elevated in August
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released the Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for August. It reported that the number of job openings fell slightly but remained at a high level.
Evaluating...
Multifamily jobs markets see gains in September
The latest Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that both residential construction jobs and apartment operations jobs were up for the month.
Total employment grows slowly for the month
The BLS reported...
Rent Payment Tracker: October payments down slightly
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 78.4 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by October 6 in its survey of 11.8 million units of professionally...
NAA analysis finds U.S. households spend 27 percent of income on rent
The National Apartment Association (NAA) has released new research analyzing rent-to-income percentages, which are based on professionally managed residential lease applications screened by TransUnion’s ResidentScreening platform. As the nation continues to grapple with housing...
Pillars Awards application window closes soon
Since 1990, the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) has sponsored the Pillars of the Industry Awards to recognize excellence in apartment and condominium design and development, interior merchandising and superior property management and marketing....
NMHC and Entrata partner to release student housing benchmarks
NMHC and Entrata announced a new partnership to release key benchmarks on the student housing industry. National and regional (Midwest, Northeast, South, Southeast, West) data will be updated on a monthly basis with the...
HUD to issue rule protecting tenants facing evictions for non-payment of rent in HUD-assisted...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced that it will publish a rule that prohibits the eviction of tenants facing eviction for nonpayment of rent from HUD-subsidized public housing...
Residential construction spending plateaus in August
The Census Bureau’s report on residential construction spending shows that the value of residential construction put in place in August was up 24 percent year-over-year but up only 0.4 percent month-over-month.
Improvements lead growth
The reported...
NMHC releases 2021 student housing income and expense survey
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) released the 2021 NMHC Student Housing Income and Expense Survey. This survey provides detailed descriptive statistics for the 2020 calendar year income and expense statements of 953 private off-campus student...
Banks increase share of multifamily mortgage debt in Q2
A Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report on commercial and multifamily mortgage debt shows that the GSEs continued to be the largest source of net new multifamily mortgage funds in Q2. However, for the first...
Forecasts predict slower growth, higher inflation
A pair of economic forecasts, one from Fannie Mae and one from the Federal Reserve project lower growth and higher inflation for the rest of 2021 than did earlier forecasts by the same agencies.
Fannie...
