Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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Articles with a National focus

Fannie Forecast

Multifamily starts forecast steady despite lower GDP growth

Revisions to Fannie Mae’s housing forecast in March call for slightly more multifamily starts in 2025 but slightly fewer starts in 2026 than in last month’s forecast. Fannie Mae is now predicting 349,000 starts...
Tower Cap

Tower Capital Arranges More Than $85M in Financing for BTR and Multifamily Projects Across...

Tower Capital arranged more than $85 million in financing for four different projects across four states. The majority of the capital will go to three Build-to-Rent (BTR) communities located in Arizona, Colorado and Texas...
Vistria Group

The Vistria Group’s Real Estate Debut Exceeds $2.5B AUM in Two Years

The Vistria Group, LP ("Vistria"), a private investment firm that seeks to deliver both superior financial returns and meaningful impact, announced that its real estate strategy has exceeded $2.5 billion of assets under management...
multifamily property prices and commercial property prices on the rise

MSCI: Multifamily property prices continue recovery

The latest commercial property price report from MSCI Real Capital Analytics said that multifamily property prices were up 0.2 percent month-over-month in February from the revised level of the month before. However, prices were...
zoning can aid or hinder sustainability

Zoning sets the foundation for sustainability

Recently, ULI’s Lewis Center for Sustainability hosted a sustainability exchange session, titled: Reshaping the City: Zoning for Sustainability, Health, and Inclusion, in which Sara C. Bronin, author of “Key To The City” discussed how...

Rental housing economist debunks monopoly myths

Rental housing economist Jay Parsons is known for challenging conspiracy narratives about the multifamily industry. This week, on his LinkedIn page, he debunks monopoly myths that claim large corporate landlords dominate the...
Rents on the rise

Rent growth blooms in spring

The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national median monthly rent growth in March was +0.59 percent. Rents have now risen for 2 months in a row. However, year-over-year rent growth...
Clear Investment Group

Clear Investment Group Announces Plans to Raise $300M for Multifamily Fund

Clear Investment Group has announced plans to raise a new $300 million Fund, Clear Opportunities Fund II, to acquire multifamily housing projects across the country. “Our strategy has always been to identify undervalued properties in...
CBMS special servicing rates and loan losses

Multifamily CMBS special servicing rate rises in February

Trepp reported that special servicing rate for multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans resumed its upward trend in February, rising 9 basis points. The overall CMBS special servicing rate on commercial property rose 45...

MBA: commercial mortgage delinquency rates on the rise

A recent report from the Mortgage Bankers’ Association (MBA) states that commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquency rates have been rising for the last two years. For some categories of lenders, delinquency rates are now...
Mark Biancucci

The Michaels Organization Welcomes New Deputy Chief Financial Officer Mark Biancucci

The Michaels Organization, a national leader in residential real estate, is pleased to announce that Mark Biancucci has joined the organization in the newly created role of Deputy Chief Financial Officer. "We're delighted to welcome...
C1 Development

C1 Development Expands Leadership Team to Drive National Growth and Co-Development Strategy

C1 Development, a national multifamily and student housing development focused firm, is proud to announce the addition of three distinguished professionals to its team. C1 Development specializes in the development and co-development of institutional multifamily...
Wes Rogers and Walt Templin

Landmark Properties announces C-Suite installations along with promotions for both Walt Templin and Wes...

Landmark Properties, a fully-integrated real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, acquisition, investment management, and operation of high-quality residential communities, announced Wes Rogers, formerly President and CEO, will add the newly created role...
Stephen Merkel

Stephen Merkel Appointed Chairman of Newmark’s Board of Directors

Newmark, a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, announced Stephen Merkel has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors. Howard W....
Barry Gosin

CEO Barry Gosin Adds Role as Chairman of Newmark’s Operating Company

Newmark, a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, announced that Chief Executive Officer Barry Gosin will assume the additional role of...
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