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The Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that overall employment growth rose in September from the gain initially reported for last month. In addition, last month’s employment level was revised...

The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national median monthly rent growth in September was -0.48 percent, a larger decline than last month’s 0.13 percent drop. Year-over-year rent growth was -0.71...

Who's to blame for the affordability crisis? Jay Parsons, multifamily housing analyst and head of investment strategy and research for Madera Residential, suggests that the media is pointing fingers in the wrong...

Thompson Thrift, a full-service nationally recognized real estate company and one of the nation's leading multifamily developers, announced the launch of Thompson Thrift 2025 Multifamily Development, LP. The limited partnership offering seeks to raise...

FirstService Residential, North America’s leading property management company, announces the promotion of Kellie Sambrano, CMCA® to senior vice president of developer consulting and advisory services across the U.S. and Canada. Kellie Sambrano’s promotion augments FirstService...

Madison International Realty, a leading real estate private equity firm, has appointed Michael Siefert and Evan Abrams as Co-Heads of Global Equity Capital Markets. This includes existing institutional clients and initiating new relationships with prospective...

Primestone Partners, a New York-based management company focused on strategic technology investments, announced today that Mike May, a prominent multifamily housing and capital markets expert, has joined the Company's Technology Advisory Board. May spent most...

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced that Ken Wingert has been named its new chief advocacy officer. A dedicated government affairs professional with more than 20 years of policy and management experience, Wingert...

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) announced that in a financing led by Deerfield Management, Brookdale is successfully addressing 83% of all 2026 debt maturities and is securing capital to support immediately accretive acquisition...

In the 2024 race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump for the U.S. presidency, housing is a major issue for the first time since the 1990s. One thing is certain, the...

This will slim you down six ways from Sunday. The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples’ money. —Margaret Thatcher $2.4 billion—federal losses under specially-created accounting rules by the federal government Creating...

President Biden, Vice-President Harris and their Department of Justice have come out strongly against RealPage for their algorithm designed to help landlords better understand current market conditions in setting their rents. They claim it enables...

Despite the rise in homelessness, the federal government continues to raise the barrier to creating shelter for those without permanent housing. Infusing bad actors with HUD money is another layer. In September the Biden admin....

Snapshots and soundbites are used to describe politics. Makes sense. The subconscious mind constantly scans the landscape for the most important thing: The path to prosperity, stability and opportunity. And of course, a single...

GAAP stands for “generally accepted accounting principles,” and are a set of rules/standards for preparing and reporting financial statements in the U.S. (unless you’re a federal agency). RULES = U.S. private businesses + Federal agencies Federal agencies set...