Thursday, February 27, 2025

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CoStar: multifamily property prices rise as transactions surge

CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices rose 1.4 percent month-over-month in December, slightly lower than last month’s reported increase. This index was down 2.8 percent year-over-year. By contrast, MSCI Real Capital...
NeighborWorks America

NeighborWorks America Announces Rental Portfolio Grew to More Than 211,000 Rental Homes in Fiscal...

NeighborWorks America announced that the total of owned and managed rental homes of the NeighborWorks network grew to 211,856 in Fiscal Year 2024, an increase from 204,563 at the end of year Fiscal Year...

The state of affordable housing

Housing affordability has emerged as a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential election. Both Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump have talked about what they would do to increase the supply of...

FTC files suit against SFR firm

The Federal Trade Commission is pursuing legal action against Invitation Homes, the largest landlord of single-family homes in the U.S. The complaint filed by the FTC claims the company has taken several illegal actions,...

Empty apartments finally start to fill

The biggest apartment construction boom in four decades flooded the market with new supply over the past two years. Apartment owners had to contend with a surge in empty units. That is starting to change. The...
Section 202

HUD Awards Nearly $137M in Grants to Increase Section 202 Affordable Housing and Supportive...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced the allocation of nearly $137 million in grants aimed at increasing affordable housing and supportive services for seniors and disabled individuals under both...
HOME

HUD Streamlines and Modernizes Affordable Housing Regulations for HOME, Making Housing More Accessible for...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to modernize and strengthen regulations for the HOME Investment Partnership Program. The regulatory updates incorporate feedback from stakeholders,...
Absorption

U.S. Multifamily Recovery Gains Momentum as Vacancy Rate Falls, Absorption Surges

The U.S. multifamily market is rebounding strongly, driven by declining vacancy rates and robust absorption, according to CBRE’s latest research. Positive net absorption, which measures the change in the number of occupied units, reached 183,600 units...

Insurance costs batter multifamily housing pros

Several hurricanes and tropical storms tore wide paths of mayhem and destruction through the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States this year. Just one of these disasters, Hurricane Helene, caused more than $87 billion in...

Class B apartments lead occupancy increases

Apartment occupancy has increased across all three asset classes lead by Class B, despite a 50-year-high wave of new apartment deliveries, according to RealPage Analytics. Seven consecutive quarters of record new apartment...

Renters slow their roll

Over a third of U.S. renters have lived in the same home for at least five years—up from 28.4 percent a decade ago according to a new report from Redfin. Economic fundamentals are likely...

Breaking up is hard to do

The Biden administration has four active cases targeting big tech, all in the theme of antitrust. Does CX matter in the effort of shrink Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta? Google was ordered to sell off...

The calculus of consent

Enjoying the fruits of the world’s economic powerhouse make it hard to dismiss the attributes that set the U.S. on top. It also makes it a challenge to ignore those things that so clearly...

Goodbye 2024, hello New Year

With 2024 soon in the rearview mirror, developers, operators and managers of apartments anticipate brighter days ahead for the multihousing industry. In hindsight, 2024 may be seen as the most challenging year for rental...
Oak Real Estate Partners

Red Oak Capital Holdings Partners with Johnson Capital Multifamily LLC to Expand Lending Program...

White Oak Capital Holdings, LLC, a national provider of structured financing solutions for commercial real estate, and its affiliated company Red Oak Capital Holdings, has entered a strategic partnership with Johnson Capital Multifamily LLC...
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