Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Tag: Apartment Watch
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Eric Adams addresses housing
The administration of Mayor Eric Adams recently released a plan to address housing issues in New York City . It is called “Housing Our...
Job openings down slightly in May
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the number of job openings declined in...
CoStar reports multifamily property prices higher
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices increased 21.6 percent, year-over-year, in May 2022. This index was up 1.4 percent month-over-month. The...
Multifamily construction spending stalls in May
The Census Bureau’s latest report on construction spending shows that the value of residential construction put in place in May was up 0.2 percent...
The future of bureaucratic rule: West Virginia v. EPA
Who should make policy? The U.S. Supreme Court just answered that question in a decision with far reaching implications for the apartment industry. The...
Construction delays ongoing as costs are on the rise
Fully 97 percent of apartment developers report experiencing construction delays according to the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC) Construction Quarterly Survey. Of those experiencing...
Rent growth continues apace in June
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national average apartment rent rose in June, increasing 1.3 percent month-over-month and 14.1 percent...
How are SFR residents different?
A presentation at the National Apartment Association’s (NAA) Apartmentalize conference last week in San Diego discussed the differences between the single-family and multifamily rental...
Multifamily property prices continue their rise
A new report from MSCI said that multifamily property prices rose 23.3 percent year-over-year in May and that they rose 1.5 percent from the...
Biden Administration delivers plan to remedy housing shortage
The Biden administration recently announced its plan to solve the nation’s housing shortage, which includes creating more affordable housing. The 13-page Housing Supply Action...
Multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rises in Q1
A Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report on commercial and multifamily mortgage debt shows that banks and thrifts again had the largest net increase in...
Fannie and Fed furnish falling forecasts
The latest forecasts from Fannie Mae and from the Federal Reserve foresee higher inflation than in earlier forecasts. They predict that rising interest rates...
Multifamily housing construction starts plunge in May
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for May showed softening in multifamily permit issuance and a drop in unit starts. Unit completions rose...
What drives rent growth?
A new report from Yardi Matrix seeks to answer this question and to examine how the factors driving rent growth have changed since the...
