Tag: Washington DC
Housing Affordability Coalition statement on congressional letter on housing policy solutions
19 national real estate associations joined together to release a letter to policymakers urging Congress to work with the Biden Administration, housing providers, lenders...
Two-year pilot program confirms need for mental health resources in construction
A pilot program focused on mental health issues in the residential construction industry recently confirmed the need for a more deliberate and permanent effort...
Single-family starts show gradual improvement in April
A lack of existing inventory and stabilizing mortgage rates helped push single-family production up to the highest rate thus far in 2023 even as...
Lack of existing inventory boosts builder confidence to key marker
Limited existing inventory, which has put a renewed emphasis on new construction, resulted in a solid gain for builder confidence in May even as...
HUD strengthens standards and aligns inspection regulations for HUD assisted housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the Final Rule for the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate...
New CEO to take the helm at the National Association of Home Builders
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the housing industry, has named James W. Tobin III as the...
Market continues to loosen, transactions pull back amidst economic uncertainty
Apartment market conditions continued to weaken in the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for April 2023, as the...
JLL Capital Markets welcomes Senior Director Reina Abboud
JLL Capital Markets announced that it has hired industry professional Reina Abboud as a Senior Director with the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She will focus...
Lack of existing inventory continues to support builder sentiment
Builders remained cautiously optimistic in April as limited resale inventory helped to increase demand in the new home market even as the industry continues...
2023 NMHC 50 highlights a tumultuous year for multifamily with market improvements expected
Pandemic-related household growth and economic impacts resulted in a complicated 2022 for the multifamily industry. An extremely tight market in the first quarter of...
Biden’s veto of Congressional WOTUS resolution a blow to housing affordability
Alicia Huey, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder and developer from Birmingham, Ala., today issued the...
SCOTUS grants major victory for property rights
The U.S. Supreme Court announced that two property owners in Montana will have their day in court to prove that the U.S. Forest Service...
Market conditions begin to improve, though costs and delays remain significant
The March edition of the NMHC Quarterly Survey of Apartment Construction & Development Activity once again found small improvements in terms of more limited...
New home sales remain relatively flat in February
Higher mortgage rates and home prices, as well as increased construction costs contributed to lackluster new home sales in February, but signs point to...
NMHC, NAA release apartment industry’s 2023 policy priorities
The nation's housing supply imbalance and related affordability issues top the list of 2023 apartment industry policy priorities released by the National Multifamily Housing...
