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Rent growth resumes in October
Yardi Matrix reported that national average apartment rent growth turned positive in October with rents increasing $3 from September’s revised level to $1,727 per...
Multifamily mortgage originations underperform in Q3
A report from the Mortgage Bankers’ Association (MBA) says that originations of multifamily mortgages in Q3 were down 16 percent on a year-over-year basis....
ESG hits U.S. legal speedbumps
ESG (environmental, social, governance) is now a significant part of the U.S. rental landscape in the form of lending programs, energy efficiency certifications and...
The long senior moment
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,...
Trepp looks at the state of CMBS loans in Q3
A new report from Trepp takes a look at the state of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) lending in Q3 2022. While the report covers...
Rising employment reported for apartment operations
The October Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that employment in apartment operations jobs rose while employment in residential construction...
Rental vacancy rates rise in Q3
The Census Bureau released its quarterly report on home ownership and occupancy for Q3 2022. It showed that the rental housing vacancy rate was...
Rent delinquencies tick higher in Pulse Survey
The “Week 50” edition of the Census Bureau’s Pulse Survey shows that the portion of renters with rent delinquencies rose to 14.0 percent, up...
Residential construction spending shifts to improvements
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending shows that the value of multifamily residential construction put in place in September was up 0.3 percent...
Job openings rebound in September
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the number of job openings rose in...
Rents fall again in October
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national average rent growth in October remained negative for the second consecutive month. Rents...
ULI releases Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2023
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) released the latest edition of its Emerging Trends series. The 2023 edition takes a broad look at emerging influences...
CoStar: multifamily property price rises moderating
CoStar reported that its value-weighted index of multifamily property prices increased 14.5 percent, year-over-year, in September 2022. However, this index was down 0.2 percent...
Tracking excess savings
A report from Oxford Economics assesses the current state of the excess savings accumulated by American consumers during the pandemic. Access to these savings...
SFR rent growth down from recent highs
A report from CoreLogic, a data and analytics company, states that the rate of rent growth in the single-family rental (SFR) market fell in...
