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Yardi Matrix released its October report on the multifamily housing market. The report shows that the fundamentals of the market remain strong. Rents show seasonal pattern of increase The report showed that the nationwide average rent...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) released its 2019 Annual Report to Congress on the economic condition of the agency’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund). FHA reports that at the end of Fiscal Year...

During a press conference at Harbor Homes in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced veteran homelessness in the U.S. continues to decline according to a new national...

From must-have technology to popular pet perks, the 2020 Apartment Resident Preferences Report released today by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and Kingsley Associates provides an exhaustive look at what apartment residents want...

Recently, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson wrote to Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Joseph J. Simmons and Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Andrew...

RealPage, Inc. announced on November 6  that it has agreed to acquire Buildium LLC, a leading SaaS real estate property management solution provider targeting smaller multifamily, single-family, Associations (HOA and Condo) and commercial real...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for September 2019. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for intermediate demand fell by 0.4 percent in the month. The...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is celebrating a new LEED milestone, announcing it has surpassed 100,000 registered and certified LEED commercial projects. “In 1998, we created LEED to measure and define what green building...

With mortgage rates at a three-year low and a healthy job market, housing affordability rose to its highest level in three years in the third quarter of 2019, according to the National Association of...

Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market rose one point in the third quarter of 2019, returning to its record-high reading of 72, according to the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) 55+...

Currently under consideration in both chambers, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 (AHCIA) has 153 cosponsors in the House, as well as 25 cosponsors in the U.S. Senate, amounting to one-fourth of...

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and U.S. Attorney General William Barr issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two agencies that sets prudential guidance on the appropriate use of the False...

The key to winning the hearts and minds of senior living community residents and their families is ensuring the facility has a great staff that communicates clearly, knows personal details about residents and makes...

In 2012, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) embarked upon a new program to address the critical capital needs of severely distressed public housing. Today, HUD released the results of an...

An increasing number of jurisdictions recently have imposed rent control or are seriously considering doing so, leading many market participants to reconsider their investment decisions, according to the NMHC's Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market...