Does daylight savings save?
When I was in California, I had a famous quote by Albert Einstein on a sign by my door: “Energy cannot be created or destroyed.”
And underneath it in wiggly handwriting I wrote “But it...
Thompson Thrift Closes Latest Multifamily Limited Partnership Offering with More than $255M in Capital...
Indianapolis-based Thompson Thrift, a full-service nationally recognized real estate company, announced today the closing of Thompson Thrift 2025 Multifamily Development, LP. The limited partnership offering raised more than $255 million in total capital commitments,...
EPA to revise WOTUS rule
EPA, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced new guidance on what qualifies as “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in light of the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision. The agencies also announced...
Brookdale Announces Completion of Two Previously Announced Portfolio Acquisitions, Increasing the Company’s Real Estate...
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. announced the closing of two portfolio acquisitions, completing its three-portfolio acquisition plan initially announced in September 2024.
"We believe that Brookdale is positioned to create significant value over the next several...
NAHB honors the best in multifamily and SFR
Since 1990, the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) has sponsored the Pillars of the Industry Awards to recognize excellence in apartment and condominium design and development and superior property management and marketing. The Pillars Awards have...
Sharp rise in real estate job openings as leasing season approaches
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the number of job openings in January was 7.74 million. Job openings in both construction and in...
Merchants Capital Expands Leadership Team with Two Senior Executive Hires of Andrew Weil and...
Leading financial services provider Merchants Capital announced the additions of industry veterans Andrew Weil and Justin Ginsberg, both with the title of Executive Vice President of Originations, to lead its fifth debt sales team...
NAHB Congratulates Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Her Confirmation as Labor Secretary
Buddy Hughes, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Lexington, North Carolina issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer as secretary of...
Mark-Taylor Companies Celebrates 40 Years with the Formation of a C-Suite Leadership Team
In 2025 Mark-Taylor Companies celebrates 40 years in the multifamily housing industry. The organization announced recently the formation of a dedicated C-suite leadership team.
Since its founding in 1985, Mark-Taylor has broadened its services from...
Eagle Real Estate Veteran Apartment Executive Randy Friend Expands Multifamily Investment Firm
Long time multifamily real estate executive Randy Friend, who founded Eagle Real Estate Group (“Eagle”) in 2000, is pleased to announce the launch of an affiliate company, Eagle Partners, alongside co-founders Taylor Friend, Shahny...
Property manager jobs continue to increase
The Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) stated that the economy experienced modest overall employment growth in February. The employment levels for 2 of the 4 multifamily-related job categories we...
Supply has peaked, but deal flow remains muted
The multifamily investment outlook remains bullish, but the floodgates will not burst open with deal flow this year. That is the takeaway from the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC) annual conference, according...
A greenhouse gas reporting reprieve, or not
As of February 11, 2025, the SEC’s acting Chairman, Mark Uyeda, said that the Commission will pause litigation of its climate disclosure rule in the 8th Circuit. This effectively ends, for now at least,...
CoStar: multifamily property prices fall as transactions plunge
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices fell 0.8 percent month-over-month in January, a setback after four months of reported increases. This index was down 0.9 percent year-over-year.
By contrast, MSCI Real...
Multifamily CMBS delinquency rate declines
Trepp reported that the delinquency rate for multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans fell in February. It had been trending higher since last April. The overall CMBS delinquency rate also dropped, falling 26 basis...
