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It’s still a good time to invest in apartments
Freddie Mac recently released its Apartment Investment Market Index (AIMI) for Q2 2020. While the index was down slightly from the Q1 reading, it...
Comparing urban and suburban apartment markets
RealPage recently held a webinar where they discussed the differences between the recent performance and the future prospects of the urban core apartment markets...
Best properties and PMCs by reputation
Online reputation management company, Reputation.com, has analyzed its database of 3 million customer reviews of more than 70,000 multifamily properties to compile a list...
Sponsored: Engaging the five renter types
When a potential renter walks through your doors, are you positioned to understand their specific needs? In a recent Assurant study, we’ve outlined five...
Multifamily housing construction slows in August
The Census Bureau released its monthly new residential construction report for August 2020. It shows a slowdown in all phases of multifamily housing construction. Permits...
COVID’s impact on multifamily CRE loan credit risk
A report from Moody’s Analytics attempts to predict the impact of the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic on the credit quality of commercial real...
Alternative views on rent payments
With COVID disrupting the economy, there is high interest in assessing how many renters are failing to make their rent payments. This article examines...
Taking sides on Prop 21
The latest rent control initiative to appear on California’s ballot will be voted on this November. People and groups are now declaring where they...
Jobs coming back, but slowly
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for July. It shows that the jobs market...
Lumber drives construction material prices higher again
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for August 2020. It showed that the BLS price index of materials...
Rent growth barely positive in August
Yardi Matrix released its August 2020 report on the multifamily rental housing market. The report shows that rent growth was positive for the second...
Payroll tax holiday begins Sept. 1
At the beginning of August, President Trump issued an executive order deferring certain payroll tax obligations. This was done in response to Congress refusing...
New housing laws coming to California
The 2020 legislative session in California saw the consideration of at least 9 significant bills intended to address the state’s housing deficit. When the...
Multifamily property values outperform since COVID
A pair of recent reports, one from CoStar and another from Real Capital Analytics (RCA), track the changes in values of commercial property in...
Rent growth turns positive in August
Apartment List is out with their rent report for August 2020. It shows a slight uptick in rents nationally but with wide local variations. The...
