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Multifamily property prices cooling
The latest CoStar report on the changes in the prices of commercial property in the United States said that the equal-weighted quarterly index of...
Job openings and quits set records in March
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the number of job openings hit a...
Residential construction spending rises despite multifamily stall
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending shows that the value of residential construction put in place in March was up 1.0 percent from...
Rent growth rises with the season
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national average rent growth in April reached 1.0 percent month-over-month and 16.4 percent year-over-year. The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
