Tag: interest rate
High interest rates stymie apartment investment
Few are executing new deals amid uncertainty about how high rates will go, what properties are worth, how much rents and operating costs will...
MBA forecasts a shrinking economy in 2023
The Mortgage Bankers’ Association (MBA) recently released its Q3 2022 quarterly databook. It contains data on mortgage originations and on holdings that has been...
Land prices drop
Rising interest rates stress developers as they look for land to build on. But tough times may create opportunities. Land prices are falling—for the first...
Housing affordability falls to more than 10-year low as rising interest rates take a...
Housing affordability fell to its lowest level since the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) began tracking it on a consistent basis in 2012...
Fannie and Fed furnish falling forecasts
The latest forecasts from Fannie Mae and from the Federal Reserve foresee higher inflation than in earlier forecasts. They predict that rising interest rates...
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...
Soaring construction costs drop housing affordability to lowest level in a decade
Supply-chain bottlenecks that put upward pressure on home prices along with rising interest rates contributed to housing affordability falling to a 10-year low. And ongoing production...
Economic forecasts show rising inflation concerns
A pair of economic forecasts, one from Fannie Mae and one from the Federal Reserve predict higher inflation ahead and higher interest rates as...
Fannie Mae updates 2021 and 2022 forecasts
Fannie Mae recently revised its economic outlook for 2021. The new forecast predicts significantly higher growth over the next two years than their last...
Rate Desk Thursday, June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020 edition of Yield PRO TV Rate Desk with Michael Thomas. Price compression for MF developers and incredibly low interest rates, the...
Apartment owners leap at an opportunity to refinance loans
With coronavirus concerns fueling interest rate cuts, multifamily borrowers are attempting to capitalize. Long-term interest rates are lower than they have ever been—and owners of...
Morgan Newfield says PBOC could raise interest rates this month
China’s central bank will likely need to react to an anticipated increase in US interest rates later in March. Analysts at Taipei, Taiwan based investment...
Will the love affair with apartments continue?
The apartment industry continued to lift the economy last month with a 19.7 percent surge in apartment construction according to government data released last...
