Tag: Washington DC
NMHC, NAA release apartment industry’s 2022 policy priorities
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and National Apartment Association (NAA) released the apartment industry’s 2022 policy priorities. On behalf of the apartment industry and...
Federal Housing Administration removes temporary COVID-19 underwriting mitigants for multifamily transactions
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced at the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention & Expo that it is removing temporary COVID-19 underwriting mitigants...
January apartment market conditions show improvement
Apartment market conditions generally improved according to the National Multifamily Housing Council’s Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for January 2022. The Market Tightness...
Builder confidence edges lower on inflation concerns
Growing inflation concerns and ongoing supply chain disruptions snapped a four-month rise in builder sentiment even as consumer demand remains robust. Builder confidence in the market...
2022 Renter Preferences Survey Report reveals renters’ wants and needs
The 2022 Renter Preferences Survey Report released by NMHC and Grace Hill provides a comprehensive look at the home features and community amenities that...
Statement from NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke on Supreme Court OSHA Vaccine Mandate Ruling
Chuck Fowke, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from Tampa, Fla., issued the following statement after the U.S....
FHA expands real-estate owned property purchase opportunities for owner-occupant buyers
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Thursday announced it is increasing its exclusive listing period on certain HUD single-family real-estate owned (REO) homes to...
Builder sentiment strong at year’s end
Despite inflation concerns and ongoing production bottlenecks, builder confidence edged higher for the fourth consecutive month on strong consumer demand and limited existing inventory. Builder sentiment in...
NMHC & Grace Hill release data on COVID’s impact on renter preferences
The pandemic influenced 25 percent of renter moves over the past 18 months, and 70 percent of renters anticipate teleworking the same amount or...
Angelo Gordon and the Donaldson Group sell D.C. high rise for $65.75 million
Transwestern Real Estate Services (TRS) announces its Mid-Atlantic Multifamily Group has brokered the sale of Plaza Towers, a 288-unit, high-rise apartment complex at 6700...
Rent Payment Tracker: payments up 1.7 percent over last month
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 77.1 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by December...
Suburban shift eases in the third quarter
The suburban shift for single-family home buying precipitated in large part by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year continues but new data reveals that...
JLL’s D.C. Capital Markets team appoints multihousing co-lead
JLL Capital Markets announced that it has hired Bret Thompson as a Senior Director in its Washington, D.C. office. Thompson will co-lead the multihousing...
Housing affordability holds steady but supply-side challenges persist
Housing affordability held steady at its lowest level in nearly a decade, as higher home prices offset lower mortgage rates to keep the affordability rate flat...
Rent Payment Tracker: Payments down slightly from last November
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 78.2 percent of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by November...
