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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...
Modest gains seen for senior housing
A pair of reports, one from CBRE and one from NIC Map Vision, show that the senior housing market has made modest improvements as...
What happens to CRE prices as interest rates rise?
A recent report from Trepp seeks to answer this question by looking at the history of commercial real estate (CRE) price appreciation. The report...
Rent growth remains high in Yardi Matrix survey
Yardi Matrix reported that the national average apartment rent rose $14 in March to $1,642 per month. Rents growth moderates slightly The national average apartment rent...
Single-family drives residential construction spending higher
The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending shows that the value of residential construction put in place in February was up 1.1 percent from...
Multifamily employment grows in March
The latest Employment Situation Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that the number of residential construction jobs and of apartment operations jobs...
CoStar reports multifamily property prices still rising
A new report from CoStar says that the rate of growth in multifamily property prices declined in February while the prices of other commercial...
Annual rate of rent growth remains high in March
The latest rent report from Apartment List shows that the national average rent growth in March was 0.8 percent month-over-month and 17.1 percent year-over-year....
