Rents fall in December
The latest rent reports from Yardi Matrix and Apartment List continue to show declining rents for the country as-a-whole. However, they both also show wide variations in results between different metro areas.
Rent slide continues...
Builder confidence underwater after falling for eighth consecutive month
Builder confidence fell for the eighth straight month in August as elevated interest rates, ongoing supply chain problems and high home prices continue to exacerbate housing affordability challenges. In another sign that a declining...
Think happy thoughts at work
Instead, she got a big dose of something new: happiness coaching. Keynote speaker Shawn Achor—a former Harvard University researcher and former co-teacher of one of the university's most popular courses, Positive Psychology—extolled 90 listening...
Connecting tech with apartments
New digital resources on industry disruption
Tectonic shifts in technology, commerce, family, work, transportation and lifestyle are poised to radically reshape multifamily’s customer expectations, as well as our approach to designing, developing and operating our...
Multifamily strength enticing banks back
It is not a unanimous movement back into CRE lending as several of the larger banks are still working through mounds of distressed assets and many are still in cost-cutting mode. However, a number...
HUD Secretary Carson launches new financial controls to enhance department’s fiscal strength and integrity
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced new measures to protect the financial integrity of the agency and correct lax internal processes and controls. Secretary Carson directed HUD’s...
Rental market requires new housing policy
Speaking to more than 300 of the nation's leading apartment executives, observers from both sides of the political spectrum expressed the need for ongoing federal intervention in the housing market. Industry experts examined how...
5 things to do when you feel overwhelmed by your workload
You might feel anxious that you’re not working during times that are incompatible with working, like when you’re buckling your child into their car seat or you’re stuck in traffic. You may even feel...
NAHB Power Hitters with Ann Caruana
Yield PRO TV presents NAHB Power Hitters. Host Linda Hoffman talks with Ann Caruana, SVP, Acquisitions of Preservation Equity Funds, WNC.
Transcript: NAHB Power Hitters interview. Linda Hoffman with Ann Caruana, recorded September 9, 2021
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Sticks in the ground
The miracle product? Wood.
Some architects and engineers say new wood products are making it possible to build wooden structures much taller than had previously been considered safe.
Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture is throwing...
Supreme Court keeps CDC eviction moratorium in place
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to act to set aside the CDC’s eviction ban. The ban is currently scheduled to expire July 31, 2021 but it has been repeatedly extended in the past...
New home sales cool in June on higher mortgage rates
Rising mortgage rates and elevated construction costs put a damper on new home sales last month.
Sales of newly built, single-family homes in June fell 2.5 percent to 697,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from a...
How leaders kill meaning at work
As a senior executive, you may think you know what job number one is: developing a killer strategy. In fact, this is only Job 1a. You have a second, equally important task. Call it...
Values begin at home
The economy and standard of living can be affected by decisions made decades ago, forces outside the control of the state's government and administrators, as well as the government's own actions.
Every year, 24/7 Wall...
HUD wants your input
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is planning to introduce new physical inspection standards for housing. They are seeking input from knowledgeable parties as part of the process of developing these standards. Multifamily...
