Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Tag: Apartment Watch
Marcus and Millichap assesses economic headwinds
Marcus & Millichap recently presented a webinar on its 2022 Outlook, which examined how the economy, inflation and Federal Reserve policy are impacting the...
Investors see growing demand but tougher conditions
Apartment markets tightened further according to the National Multifamily Housing Council’s Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for April 2022, while financing became more...
Census reports uptick in rental vacancy rates
The Census Bureau released its quarterly report on home ownership and occupancy for Q1 2022. It showed that the rental housing vacancy rate was...
NOI is growing, but slowly
A new report from Trepp seeks to measure the growth in net operating income (NOI) from 2020 to 2021. It did this by analyzing...
Housing industry warns Biden on affordability
More than 10,000 members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) sent a letter to President Biden calling on the White House to...
Declining affordability conditions put a damper on new home sales
Worsening affordability conditions stemming from growing supply chain disruptions and rising mortgage rates pushed new home sales lower in March. Sales of newly built, single-family...
Are multifamily property price rises cresting?
A new report from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) said that multifamily property prices rose 22.4 percent year-over-year in March and that they rose 1.1...
Rent delinquencies fall in latest Pulse Survey
The “Week 44” edition of the Census Bureau’s Pulse Survey has been released. It shows that the portion of renters who are behind on...
Fannie Mae forecasts a downturn in 2023
Fannie Mae’s April economic and housing forecasts anticipate that rising interest rates will cause the U.S. economy to contract in the second half of...
Census reports strong multifamily housing construction stats in March
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for March showed high levels of multifamily permit issuance and rising unit starts. However, multifamily unit completions...
Housing market at inflection point as builder confidence continues to fall
Rapidly rising interest rates combined with ongoing home price increases and higher construction costs continue to take a toll on builder confidence and housing...
Yardi Matrix reports on student housing outlook
Yardi Matrix recently presented an updated student housing outlook webinar. While the presentation covered the market as-a-whole, its main focus was on the Yardi...
Unintended consequences of rent control
A study by the USC Marshall School of Business finds that the recent rent control initiative approved by voters in St. Paul Minn. negatively...
NMHC 50 recognizes industry’s top firms
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) released their 2022 list of the largest firms in the US multifamily housing industry. The firms are ranked...
Construction materials prices follow lumber higher
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for March 2022. It stated that construction materials prices were up 1.5...
