Tag: COVID-19
Morgan Properties launches Morgan Cares
Morgan Properties, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing multifamily owners, announced today the launch of Morgan Cares, a program created to support local...
Rate Desk May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020 edition of Yield PRO TV Rate Desk with Michael Thomas. HUD requirements, a post COVID-19 world and a shift toward rental...
HUD adds funding for PHAs’ COVID-19 fight
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced the allocation of $380 million in supplemental administrative fee funding to all Public...
CBRE sells West Roxbury multifamily complex for $41.8 million
CBRE announced the $41.76 million sale of Oak Row apartments, an 80-unit luxury apartment community in West Roxbury, MA. CBRE Capital Markets’ multi-housing experts Simon...
Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market plunges
Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market dropped 30 points to 38 in the first quarter of 2020, according to the National Association of Home...
Property managers can impact rent payment
The national COVID-19 Resident Sentiment Report released by Grace Hill reveals that many more renters are unsure about their ability to pay May rent as...
New norms in a post-virus world
Institutional Property Advisors recently held a webinar to discuss how the new norms resulting from the COVID-19 epidemic would affect the behavior of residents...
Magma Equities closes on a $50 million purchase of Durham, NC apartment community in...
Magma Equities has acquired Independence Park Apartments, a 312-unit garden-style community in Durham, NC for $50 million. Independence Park is Magma’s fifth apartment investment...
Marcus & Millichap arranges the sale of a 32-unit apartment building
Marcus & Millichap, a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of...
April apartment market conditions showed weakness amid COVID-19 outbreak
Apartment market conditions weakened in the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for April 2020, as the industry confronts...
Infographic: Everyone is essential
UPDATED: April 30, 2020 30+ million unemployed Breaking the previous record of 695,000 from 1982. Not counted are part-time, self—employed and gig workers who have also...
HUD funds COVID-19 related fair housing activities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it is awarding $1.5 million in Partnership and Special Enforcement Effort funds to HUD...
Survey shows significant delays in apartment construction
The percent of apartment developers reporting construction delays remained essentially the same in the second iteration of the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC) Construction...
HUD implements new CARES Act multifamily mortgage payment relief to maintain and preserve affordable...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it is issuing new mortgage payment relief guidance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...
Study shows April rent payments delayed
A study by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) using data provided by 5 leading property management software (PMS) providers found a 12-percentage point...