Plywood leads broad rise in construction materials prices
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for July 2021. It showed that construction materials prices were up 0.6 percent in the month, seasonally adjusted. The index of materials...
Ginnie Mae extends submission deadline for issuer eligibility request for input
Ginnie Mae announced it will extend the comment period on its Request for Input (RFI) on Eligibility Requirements for Single-Family MBS Issuers by an additional 60 days. This extension recognizes the significance of and...
Job openings set new record in June
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for June. The report set a series record for the highest number of job openings, easily exceeding the...
Multifamily jobs markets soften in July
The latest Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 3 out of the 4 jobs categories we track that are of interest to builders and operators of multifamily housing had...
Sponsored: The Grand Reopening: A New Wave of Renters is Coming
Waves on the beach aren’t the only thing making a splash this summer. There’s a surge of renters about to pack up and move to new apartments. A recent Apartments.com survey of over 35,000...
Power Hitters with Tom Tomaszewski
Yield PRO TV presents NAHB Power Hitters. Host Linda Hoffman talks with Tom Tomaszewski, President, The Annex Group. Transcript: NAHB Power Hitters interview. Linda Hoffman with Tom Tomaszewski, recorded July 22, 2021 (music) Linda Hoffman: Residential housing...
Housing affordability plunges on soaring material costs, rising home prices
Soaring building material costs, high demand and low inventory have added tens of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home and caused housing affordability to fall to its lowest level in nearly a decade...
Residential construction spending continues to rise
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending shows that the value of residential construction put in place in June was up 1 percent month-over-month and up 29 percent year-over-year. However, the apparent strength of...
CoStar reports rising multifamily property values
CoStar recently released its quarterly report on the change in values of commercial property in the United States. It reported that multifamily property values rose nearly 12 percent over the last 12 months, leading...
Real estate industry strongly opposes the CDC imposing a new federal eviction moratorium
A broad real estate coalition strongly opposes the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) decision to reimpose a federal eviction moratorium. This move takes place despite the fact that the Administration itself noted it lacks...
TruAmerica buys apartment communities in Nevada, Florida and Utah in transactions totaling $209 million
TruAmerica Multifamily (TruAmerica) has increased its footprint in some of the strongest multifamily markets in the United States after closing last week on garden-style communities in Las Vegas, Nevada; Tampa, Fla.; and Salt Lake...
CDC issues new eviction ban extension
On August 3, the CDC issued a new extension to its moratorium on evictions. The latest extension is scheduled to run until October 3, 2021. While, the CDC had said that it expected that...
Census reports on rental vacancy rates
The Census Bureau released its quarterly report on home ownership and occupancy. It showed that the rental housing vacancy rate fell from 6.9 percent in Q2 2019 to 6.3 percent in Q2 2021. The...
New NMHC survey shows property owners remain focused on supporting renters
A new National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) survey of apartment owners and managers shows that 100 percent of multifamily firms surveyed worked with residents facing financial hardships since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis....
NAA seeks monetary damages from unlawful eviction moratorium
The National Apartment Association (NAA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to recover damages on behalf of rental housing providers who have suffered severe economic losses under the U.S. Centers...
