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Census releases multifamily housing construction data for October 2019
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for October 2019. The report showed a continued surge in the number of building...
Yardi Matrix reports on October rent growth
Yardi Matrix released its October report on the multifamily housing market. The report shows that the fundamentals of the market remain strong. Rents show seasonal...
Setback in Seattle
The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the City of Seattle and against property owners who challenged two laws intended to...
Philadelphia passes right to counsel law
On Thursday, November 14, the Philadelphia City Council passed bill 190386 giving low-income residents the right to be represented by an attorney paid for...
Construction materials price rises moderate
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for September 2019. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...
Construction materials prices rise modestly
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for August 2019. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...
Census releases multifamily housing construction data for July 2019
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for July 2019. The report was mixed with some strength in the number of...
Yardi Matrix reports steady rent growth
Yardi Matrix released its July report on the multifamily housing market. The report shows that the fundamentals of the market remain strong. Rents show continued...
Construction material prices steady in July
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for July 2019. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...
Oregon revamps its housing laws
The governor of Oregon is expected to sign into law several bills to address housing issues in the state. Two bills, HB 2001 and...
BLS reports mixed results for jobs
This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for June. Its data on the parts...
Assessing the impact of New York’s rent control law
A pair of recent reports from Yardi Matrix and from the National Apartment Association (NAA) focus on the impact of New York’s recently enacted...
RealPage presents apartment market update
This week, RealPage presented its quarterly national multifamily housing market update webcast. It described a market with strong demand for multifamily housing and moderate...
Census turns a spotlight on housing
A series of reports from the Census Bureau, give a snapshot of the current state of housing in the United States. Construction A report on new...
RealPage applies AI to resident screening
At RealWorld 2019, RealPage introduced its first application of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI) to its product line. The function that they chose for this...
