Tag: Blog
Facebook launches print magazine
Airbnb, Uber, and now Facebook: Think of print as a cat with nine lives. It’s now collided with human behavior and the freshest face...
Yardi Matrix releases multifamily housing outlook
Last Friday, Yardi Matrix released a report forecasting positive performance for the U.S. multifamily housing market for the rest of this year. However, good...
ResMan goes for growth
Let's say you are a property manager running multifamily properties. You need a property management software package to support your business. You don't like...
JCHS releases State of Housing 2018
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released the latest version of its report, “The state of the nation’s housing.” This annual report...
Land use policy and the inner ring
In a paper titled “Upscaling the Neighborhood” presented at the meeting “Land, Labor, and the Rule of Law” at the Hoover Institution, Notre Dame...
HUD launches the Detroit EnVision Center
HUD secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, has made his department's measure of success the number of those who progress beyond needing assistance rather than the...
Freddie Mac talks housing market fundamentals
Recently Steve Guggenmos, Aaron Dunn and Sara Hoffman of Freddie Mac Multifamily recorded a podcast discussing multifamily housing market fundamentals.
Reaching the top
Hoffman reported that market...
Construction material prices up in May
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Producer Price Index for May last week. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...
Census releases housing construction data for May, 2018
The Census Bureau, in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), released its monthly new residential construction report for May, 2018....
Philadelphia passes tax to fund affordable housing
Thursday, the Philadelphia city council voted to create a new construction impact tax. The measure passed by a 9 to 8 vote. Before it...
NDC issues report on America’s housing shortage
A group called the New Democrat Coalition issued a report this week on the nation’s housing shortage titled “Missing Millions of Homes.” The report...
Construction job churn continues but so does growth
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for April was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week. Its data on construction...
Report shows decelerating rent growth
The Yardi Matrix Monthly Multifamily report for May was released last week. It showed that rents continued their rise nationally, although more slowly. This...
Multifamily job openings continue their rise
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for April. It showed that the number of job...
Yardi steps onto the path to machine learning
Yardi held its Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) in Washington DC last week. This sold out event brings Yardi employees and customers together so...
