Merchants Capital Completes its Largest Freddie Mac Q-Series Transaction Totaling $373.3M
Leading financial services provider Merchants Capital announced the completion of its sixth Freddie Mac-sponsored Q-Series transaction, a $373.3 million securitization of 18 stabilized multifamily mortgage loans—the largest number of loans Merchants Capital has securitized...
NeighborWorks® America Names Lee Anne Adams Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
NeighborWorks America's board of directors and President and CEO Marietta Rodriguez announced the appointment of Lee Anne Adams to serve as the organization's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Lee Anne Adams, who joined...
Bell Partners Announces Appointment of Sarah Young as Chief Financial Officer Upon Planned Retirement...
Bell Partners (the "Company"), one of the nation's largest apartment investment and management companies, announced that Sarah Young has been appointed to succeed John Tomlinson as Chief Financial Officer upon Mr. Tomlinson's planned retirement...
BREEAM: a British import to consider
I was born in California but now reside in Texas. It makes me happy to tell people, “What happens in California doesn’t STAY in California.” This statement horrifies some people but holds true for...
Yardi Matrix: student housing rents cool amid supply surge
Student housing rents are softening in several key markets, Yardi Matrix reports, as a supply surge continues to reshape leasing dynamics for Fall 2025.
As the 2025–26 academic year approaches, student housing preleasing...
Senate Banking Committee advances ROAD to Housing Act
On July 29, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted 24-0 vote to advance the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025. The landmark bipartisan legislation,...
Lakeland Capital Launches Southeast In-House Property Management Firm
Lakeland Capital, a Charleston-based private, multifamily investment company active in select East Coast markets, has successfully launched Patterdale Management, a full-service property management firm.
"We built Patterdale from the ground up to enhance operational efficiencies...
National median rent nearly unchanged in July
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national median monthly rent growth in July was 0.03 percent. Rents have now risen for 6 months in a row, but the rate of...
Job openings lower in June after May bump
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the number of total non-farm job openings in June fell to 7.44 million. Hiring was down for...
CoStar: multifamily property prices unchanged for the month
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices was unchanged month-over-month in June. This index was up 4.3 percent year-over-year.
MSCI Real Capital Analytics also recently reported that multifamily property prices were unchanged...
Share of renter households rises in Q2
The Census Bureau’s quarterly report on home ownership and occupancy for Q2 2025 stated that the rental housing vacancy rate was 7.0 percent, down 0.1 percentage points since last quarter’s report. This was the...
Multifamily starts forecasts revised lower
Revisions to Fannie Mae’s July housing forecast reduce the number of multifamily starts expected in 2025 and 2026 from those in last month’s forecast. Fannie Mae is now predicting 381,000 starts in 2025 with...
MSCI: Multifamily property prices break their fall in June
The latest commercial property price report from MSCI Real Capital Analytics said that multifamily property prices were unchanged in June compared to the revised level of the month before. Prices were up 0.1 percent...
RealPage Q2 reports deep concessions, resilient demand
RealPage Analytic's second-quarter multifamily report paints a picture of a market gradually finding its footing. The apartment sector is stabilizing, though unevenly, after a turbulent year marked by interest rate swings and...
Congress considers the future of the HOME program
The HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the largest federal block grant dedicated to affordable housing, is at the center of an intense funding battle for FY 2026. With the Trump administration proposing to eliminate the...
