Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Tag: Apartment Watch
More than 600 builders urge Congress to take action to ease the housing affordability...
More than 600 builders from across the nation trekked to Capitol Hill for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 2022 Legislative Conference to...
NAHB urges Congress to take steps to get more women in the workforce
To get more women working in the residential construction sector and overall workforce, lawmakers must pursue flexible, targeted and incentive-based strategies to tackle the...
Weakening builder confidence points to economic troubles ahead
Rising inflation and higher mortgage rates are slowing traffic of prospective home buyers and putting a damper on builder sentiment. In a troubling sign...
Construction materials prices continue to surge
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for May 2022. It stated that construction materials prices were up 1.1...
Ginnie Mae MBS portfolio growth surpasses $2.2 trillion
Ginnie Mae guaranteed more than $49 billion in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in May 2022, helping support affordable homeownership and rental unit development for more...
Apartment List reports on apartment vacancy rates
In its inaugural report on apartment vacancy rates, Apartment List states that the national average rate rose to 4.95 percent in May. This is up...
New research shows regulations account for 40.6 percent of apartment development costs
Regulation imposed by all levels of government accounts for an average of 40.6 percent of multifamily development costs, according to new research released today...
Solid rent growth reported by Yardi Matrix
Yardi Matrix reported that the national average apartment rent growth was $19 in May, bringing the average rent to $1,680 per month. Rent growth rate...
Multifamily jobs numbers continue to improve
The latest Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that employment in both categories of residential construction jobs and in one...
Residential construction spending higher in April
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending shows that residential construction spending in April was up 0.9 percent from the revised level of the...
CoStar reports multifamily property prices move higher
CoStar reported that multifamily property prices rose in April after slight declines in each of the 2 previous months. CCRSI defined The CoStar report focuses on...
ULI gives guide to going green
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) recently released a report titled Renewable Energy Strategies for Real Estate. The report provides an introduction to different approaches...
Single-family rentals and the housing crunch
In the last two years, the single-family housing market has been hot, with high sales volumes, rising prices and low available inventory. Institutional investors...
Emergency Rental Assistance update
The latest report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury states that, as of the end of March, 74 percent of the $25 billion...
Fannie Mae forecasts a slowing economy
Fannie Mae’s latest economic forecast calls for lower GDP growth and higher inflation in 2022 than in earlier forecasts. Their new housing forecast predicts...
