Things to watch, what to know, in your apartment operation
Tag: Apartment Watch
Builder confidence edges up as strong demand offsets supply-side challenges
Strong buyer demand pushed builder confidence up in April even as builders continued to grapple with rising lumber prices and supply chain issues and consumers faced...
April apartment market conditions show improvement
Apartment market conditions showed improvement in the National Multifamily Housing Council’s Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for April 2021, as the industry begins...
NMHC identifies industry’s largest firms
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) released their 2021 list of the largest firms in the US multifamily housing industry. The firms are ranked...
NMHC President Doug Bibby postpones retirement
Doug Bibby, the veteran president of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), has announced that he will now retire at NMHC’s Annual Meeting in...
NAHB holds COVID-19 vaccine awareness week in construction April 19-23
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and construction industry partners are organizing the COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week in Construction, April 19-23 to encourage construction professionals...
79.8 percent pay rent by April 6
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 79.8 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by April...
HUD wants your input
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is planning to introduce new physical inspection standards for housing. They are seeking input from knowledgeable parties...
JOLT report: more people left jobs in February
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released the Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for February. It shows that the labor market...
Yardi Matrix reports rents rose in March
The latest rent report from Yardi Matrix sets a positive tone for rent growth for the country as-a-whole in 2021, with most markets returning...
Jobs market growth resumes in March
The latest Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that employment growth resumed in jobs categories of interest to builders and...
Apartment investment environment improves in Q4
Freddie Mac recently released its Apartment Market Investment Index (AIMI) for Q4 2020. The national index was up 0.5 percent in the quarter and...
Rents jump in March
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows positive rent growth for the country as-a-whole and for 48 of the top 50 metro areas. Rents...
Statement from NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke on President Biden’s infrastructure plan
Chuck Fowke, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from Tampa, Fla., issued the following statement on President...
Mixed reports on multifamily property prices in February
Recent reports from CoStar and from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) paint different pictures of short-term movements for multifamily property prices in February. Defining the indices The...
NMHC and NAA statement on the extension of the CDC Eviction Moratorium
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and the National Apartment Association (NAA) are deeply disappointed with the extension of the Center for Disease Control...
