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Rents set records
New data indicate that rental competition remained relentless in April, as the U.S. median rental price hit a new high for the fourteenth month...
Foreign investors return to U.S. multifamily with $21 B
Foreign investors made up for lost time during the epidemic by investing $21 billion in multifamily properties in the U.S., pivoting their focus away...
L.A. city council plans eminent domain
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to try to buy a 124-unit housing development in Chinatown by exercising the power of eminent domain,...
U.S. Supreme Court decides in favor of property owners
Property owners won a significant victory in the recent case of Pakdel v. San Francisco, in which the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a restrictive...
Bubble trouble?
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas identified signs of a “brewing U.S. housing bubble” in March. Though the sharp increase in home prices in...
Providers of single-family rental homes are an important part of America’s housing ecosystem
President Biden’s release in May of a “Housing Supply Action Plan” represents a commendable effort to bring much needed quality, affordably-priced housing to communities...
Airing on the side of efficiency
Changes are coming in January that will impact multifamily developers and owners looking to install or upgrade their HVAC systems. Every six years, the...
The most valued asset
The 2021 movie Old by M. Night Shyamalan is based on the French-Swiss graphic novel, Sandcastle, by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters. Its main...
In the money
Apartment investors are taking out more loans than ever. In 2021, they rushed to get loans to buy new apartment properties and refinance the...
Is rent control inevitable?
In 1905, the philosopher George Santayana famously said, “Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.” Maybe that explains why some people are...
Redfin adds rental listings
Redfin has entered the internet leasing service (ILS) space by expanding its platform to include rental listings. Launched in 2004, Redfin began as a full-service...
Orange County gets big, new addition
In November 2018, the Samueli Family, owners of the Anaheim Ducks purchased 10 acres of city-owned parking lots adjacent to Honda Center and finalized...
Making a big move
Nearly two years into the remote work revolution, it’s easy to feel that a lifetime has passed. However, the reality is we are just...
Costs rising for renters
Rents just hit another all-time high—and that means Americans are spending even more of their paychecks on housing. According to Realtor.com, the U.S. median rental...
SFFR up their game
According to new data from the current Single-Family Rental Market Index (SFRMI) by the National Rental Home Council (NRHC) and John Burns Real Estate...
