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Construction materials prices lower as lumber falls
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for November 2020. It showed that the BLS price index of materials...
Multifamily property prices rise in October
Recent reports from CoStar and from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) show that multifamily property prices continued to increase in October. Defining the indices The CoStar report...
Rents fall in November
A pair of reports, one from Yardi Matrix and one from Apartment List, track changes in rents charged across the country. The reports show...
Jobs market continues slow improvement
Two recent reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) describe the current labor situation. They are the Employment Situation Report for November and...
Slowdown ahead for multifamily housing construction?
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for October 2020. It shows continuing weakness for multifamily housing construction permits and starts...
Looking ahead to 2021
Both CBRE and Yardi Martix have recently issued reports which discussed the prospects for the multifamily housing market in 2021. This article describes some...
Construction materials prices up despite lumber price drop
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for October 2020. It showed that the BLS index of construction materials...
Multifamily outlook update for Fall 2020
Yardi Matrix recently presented their Fall 2020 Multifamily National Outlook webinar. It was a wide-ranging discussion of economic, medical, and cultural trends affecting multifamily...
Jobs coming back – slowly
Two recent reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) describe the current labor situation. They are the Employment Situation Report for October and...
No rent growth in October
A pair of reports, one from Yardi Matrix and one from Apartment List, track changes in rents charged across the country. One report shows...
California voters reject rent control – again
Prop 21, the rent control measure put before California’s voters in the recent election, went down to defeat. While results are still preliminary at...
Multifamily property values continue to rise
Recent reports from CoStar and from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) show that multifamily property values continue to rise in September despite the pandemic. Defining the...
Multifamily mortgage market stabilizing
A pair of reports, one from the Mortgage Banker’s Association (MBA) and one from Trepp, indicate that the multifamily mortgage market is beginning to...
Assessing the state of the CRE market
DLA Piper, a global business law firm, recently released its annual State of the Market Survey, assessing the commercial property market. The survey was...
ULI talks housing
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) recently held their Virtual Fall Meeting. One of the many sessions presented there discussed the state of, and the...
