Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Tag: Apartment Watch
Multifamily employment rises in February
The Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that both residential construction employment and apartment operations employment rose in the latest...
Multifamily loan delinquencies edge higher
Three reports, two from Trepp and one from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) show that loan delinquencies and other signs of stress are growing...
Builders warn Congress WOTUS rule will raise housing costs
Congress received a first-hand account of how the Biden administration’s new waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule is exacerbating the nation’s housing affordability...
Multifamily and construction job openings much lower in January
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the number of job openings in January...
New study finds rent increases in purpose-built student housing linked to broader U.S. rental...
A new study from the National Multifamily Housing Council's (NMHC) Research Foundation examines the purpose-built student housing market's role in overall escalating college costs. The...
NMHC and NAA urge Congress to deploy tax policy to create more affordable housing...
Tax policy is a critical tool that can be used to address the nation’s housing affordability crisis. National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) President Sharon...
Weather insurance rates on the rise
Yardi Matrix has released a research bulletin describing changes coming to the weather damage insurance market, and to insurance rates, for commercial property in...
Single-family market share continues to shift from large population centers
While nationwide single-family housing starts have slowed in the past year, the largest drop on a percentage basis is occurring in the most dense...
Looming multifamily oversupply expected to be short-lived
While the delivery of a near-record 716,000 new multifamily housing units in the U.S. over the next two years will create a short-term oversupply,...
Residential construction spending slows despite multifamily
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending shows that the value of multifamily residential construction put in place in January was up 0.4 percent...
Multifamily property prices fall as transactions plunge
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices fell 3.7 percent year-over-year in January 2023. This index was down 1.3 percent month-over-month,...
Fannie Mae partners with multifamily industry to launch 2023 Multifamily Energy and Water Survey
Fannie Mae announced that it has launched the 2023 Multifamily Energy and Water Survey, a national effort to collect and analyze whole property energy...
Rent growth losing streak ends in February
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national average monthly rent growth in February was a positive 0.3 percent, breaking a...
Housing starts forecasts rise
Fannie Mae’s February economic and housing forecasts predict a higher number of multifamily starts in 2023 and 2024 than did last month’s forecast. The...
Residential developers market size expected to reach or exceed $200 billion in 2023
Like many industries and markets, the residential real estate market was adversely affected by the pandemic. However, despite this disruption, the housing market is...
