Multifamily Deals Continued to Pile in During a Busy First Quarter
Skyrocketing rents are continuing to drive interest from investors of all types towards multifamily properties across the country.
Rising Interest Rates Aren’t Stopping Apartment Investors from Cutting Deals
Rapid rent increases are helping offset increasing debt costs, keeping the sector in favor among buyers.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even when it comes to property investments. And focusing too much on looks could ult
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What Housing Bubble - A Torrent of Lending Is Surging into U.S. Multifamily Sector National Capital Markets
The continuing surge of debt financing into the U.S. multifamily sector might not match the record totals seen in 2021, bu
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Developers are becoming increasingly cautious, with high construction costs and their effects on affordability
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing weakened in the first quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders&r
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The Rise of Renters by Choice
Is it lock-and-leave freedom? Sense of community? Fewer lifestyle complications? Proximity to their favorite park or eater
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Employment Gains Echo Economic Stamina As Higher Interest Rates Add Hurdles
Job growth overcomes inflation concerns. Total employment increased by 390,000 personnel in May, consistent with April hiring, while the unemp
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Multifamily Rent Growth This Year Is Outpacing 2021
Zumper’s March report shows a median one-bedroom hit an all-time high of $1,400, or a 2.5 percent increase for the year.Through the first three months of the year, 2022’s national rent growth is outpacing 2021’s rent growth, according to Zumper’s National Rent Report pub
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Apartments Get Hit Hardest by Drop in Deal Volume in the First Quarter
Biggest US Markets Saw Commercial Prices Slip, CoStar Data ShowsU.S. apartment pricing declined in the first quarter as deal volume fell.
After soaring prices and record-high transaction totals in the fourth quarter, real estate investors cut back on spending in the first f
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Gateway Metro Apartment Performances Gain Momentum
Leasing volumes robust.After encountering a disproportionate number of hurdles in 2020 and early 2021, apartment demand has soared in the nation’s gateway metros. During recent months, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago challenged Sun Belt and Mountain/Desert hot spot metros like D
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Do not cut back on your Due Diligence
With the recent downturn in the Real Estate Market, many investors are faced with less money for due diligence on each property. There’s a lot more to Real Estate Investing than just putting money down on a deal and hoping it returns a profit. Many new investors think they can cut corneRead more
Life Is On The Other Side Of Fear
How many times has fear held us up? How many opportunities did we miss just because we were too afraid to try? It is time to overcome that and start living life.
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Worried About Inflation
Your money’s value is decreasing. With inflation rising 7% over the last year, the most severe rise since 1982, you might be thinking … “i
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Top Multifamily Markets And Why
Orlando and Las Vegas claim the top spots in Marcus & Millichap’s 2022 US Multifamily Index by ranking at the top nationwide in job creation and household formation, which in turn are foste
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Sellers Push for Shorter Due Diligence Periods Amid Supply Chain Issues
Like many companies, third-party diligence companies are feeling the strain of supply chain disruption.
Economy exceeds expectations in fourth quarter.
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Should I Sell My Existing Property or Do A 1031 Exchange
If you have a property you’re looki
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CBRE Projects Record 2022 for Multifamily
CBRE is forecasting a record 2022 for investment in commercial real estate due to the added momentum in the economic and real estate recoveries, fiscal stimulus projects, and a rebound of big cities a
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Inflation Fears are Driving More Investors Towards Commercial Real Estate
Inflation appears to be providing another tailwind for investors looking to increase allocations to commercial real estate. But is the promise of commercial
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Nearly 8 in 10 Americans Want to Improve Their Financial Situations in 2022
With the arrival of a New Year, come New Year’s resolutions. Many people use the time of the New Year to set goals for themselves th
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National Median Apartment Rent Increases By Almost 18 Percent
U.S. median apartment rents have spiked by 17.8% since the beginning of 2021, according to the most recent Read more
What To Expect From Real Estate In 2022
As we move into the closing weeks of the year, I want to share three commercial real estate predictions every investor should
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Multifamily Borrowing Up in the Third Quarter
Year over year, loan originations for commercial and multifamily have seen a 119% increase.
Soaring Rents Make It a Very Good Time to Own an Apartment Building
The 10% rise in national asking rents in August is highest on record, helped by more young workers returning to cities
Yardi Matrix: Average U.S. asking rent reaches high of $1,572 in October.
Demand for apartments across the U.S. has never been higher, and the supply side is failing to keep up despite its best
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Why Rents Are Skyrocketing and what to do about it
Major rent increases are the latest talk in the real estate world. If you’re a landlord, this is great news to you, and if you’re a tenant, you are feeling a bit panicked. If you&rsq
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Freddie Mac Initiative Helps Renters Build Credit
The GSE has teamed with Esusu to report on-time rent payments.
Yardi Matrix: Average U.S. asking rent reaches high of $1,572 in October.
Demand for apartments across the U.S. has never been higher, and the supply side is failing to keep up despite its best
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Will real estate crash - Are we in a bubble - When will the bubble burst
These questions pop up frequently on the internet and social media, but
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4 Ways Eviction Bans Are Backfiring on At-Risk Renters
Eviction bans are appealing in concept. It makes sense: Evictions are bad, so let’s stop it from happening. But reality is more complicated—and the co
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Multifamily Outlook - Quarterly Report Summer 2021
It’s summer and the sun is shining on the multifamily market! As the U.S. continues on its path to recovery, we have been monitoring everything from rebounding geographies to the stateof different sectors within the multifamily space. In this issue, we:
Economy Returns to Pre-Recession Levels Fueled by Stimulus
Growth remains steady. In the second quarter, the economy expanded 6.5 percent on an annualized basis. Gains would have been larger but supply-chain challenges and a labor shortage hamstrung i
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Tax Efficient Investments
What does it mean for an investment to be tax-efficient? It means the degree to which the investment maximizes returns while minimizing taxes. When assessing an investment's tax e
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Understanding the Investing Process
Before you start investing passively in a multifamil
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Multifamily Demand Soars in Second Quarter
The multifamily market experienced considerable strength in the second quarter, with anticipation of continued demand i
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Multifamily Rents Spike 8.3 Percent YOY in July
Rents have risen 8% since the start of the year, and the average rent rose by $26 in July to $1,510.
The median rent in the 50 largest metros nationwide increased 2.7% year
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Urban Apartments Eye a Long Road to Recovery
The freefall is over, but it might take a few years for urban apartments to fully return to their pre-pandemic form. As many Americans fled cit
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Apartment Rents on the Rise in Most Markets
Some markets have fully recovered from pandemic dips and will see rent gains north of 5.0 percent by the end of the year. Apartment rents are rising quickly in many cities and towns across the
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The Golden Age Of Multifamily Investing
The multifamily sector, which has been known to outperform other major commercial real estate sectors, is on track to continue this positive trajectory. A notable increase in the sector’
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What’s Missing... FREEDOM
In the investing sector, there are three different groups of investors with different motives. Everyone has an agenda - some are more reckless than others.
Group #1 are the thrill-seekers. To them, investing is a game, and that game is t
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How Does A Real Estate Crash Affect Your Portfolio
The public perception is that as the economy and the housing market go, so does the rest of the real estate market. With anxiety over a potential housing crash, what would be the possible effect on your portfolio? For insight, let's look back to the last housing crash that spark
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Private Buyers Emerge as Driving Force of Investment Sales During Peak Periods of Pandemic-Related Uncertainty
During elevated uncertainty, private investors continued forward. Private investors have been a driving force behind commercial property sales since the onset of the health crisis. Large institutional investors took a step back in 2020 as the health crisis clouded the near-term
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Cap Rates Compress as Investors Become Increasingly Active
Cap rates compress as investors become Increasingly active, performance durability and post-COVID recovery prospects favored health and economic outlooks improving.
Multiple factors point to an economy that is firmly in recovery as vaccinations continue. A number of stimu
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MULTIFAMILY Recovery Expectations Improve Investor Optimism for the Urban Core as Suburbs Respond to Demographic Shifts
Multifamily performance varies based on market. Apartments in large primary metros have been more impaired by the health crisis than properties in smaller cities. Vacancy across all primary markets increased 80 basis points over the past four quarters, while the average effectiv
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Risk Categories of Real Estate
Real Estate investing can be generally be broken down into FIVE catego
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Stimulus Aims to Support Unemployed, Jump-Start Economy
American Rescue Plan Act signed into law. The latest round of stimulus, at $1.9 trillion, is the sec
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Give a man a fish
Some politicians love to jump on the TAX THE RICH bandwagon to fight income inequality. They want to
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2020 a Year of Innovation for Multifamily Operators
Managers and owners share some of the ways they have adapted over the past year.
By Stephen Ursery is a content manager for LinnellTaylor Marketing, a Denver-based public relations agency.
Taken as a whole, the multifamily industry isn't exactly known for moving wi
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Capital Markets Remain Strong for Affordable Housing
Despite uncertainty and obstacles, the industry continues to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Donna Kimura – Affordable Housing Finance
Considering the unprecedented challenges faced in 20
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Will the Biden economy make break or transform you
Will the Biden economy make, break, or transform you? I’m going to talk about the potential impact of a new presidential administration, how they are planning to influence the economy, and how that might impact you. We’ve had a lo
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Multifamily Properties Are Positioned for a Strong 2021
The rollout of a vaccine and the likelihood of more federal COVID-19 relief measures in the near term will help sustain the apartment sector.
The multifamily sector weathered the storm in 2020, living up to its reputation as one of the most stable co
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Do you have contingency plans
By now, you probably realize that life, business, and investing seldom go as scripted. There are far too many variables. That’s why it’s smart to have contingency plans. Burning bridges, going all in to
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The New Great Depression - What Happens In A Post-Pandemic World
(transcripts from a conversation between Patrick Donohoe CEO of Paradigm Life and James Rickards: Jim Rickards is Editor of the Strategic Intelligence newsletter, bestselling author of Aftermath: Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in the Coming Chaos, C
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NMHC Reports Mixed Results in Apartment Market Conditions Survey
The quarterly report indicates good sales volume, ongoing market tightness, and little change in debt financing.
The National Multifamily Housing Council’s Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions shows a mixed bag of market conditions a
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This Too Shall Pass
2020 went off the rails in so many ways, but the multifamily industry proves to be more adaptable and resilient than ever imagined. We are almost 10 months into the pandemic and resulting economic downturn. It’s been a year for the history books with its unprecede
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NMHC Apartment Conditions Moderate in October
Multifamily professionals are seeing more favorable conditions in suburban markets
Apartment market conditions have shown some rebound from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). In the Quarterly Survey of
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COVID-19 Pandemic Spurs Changes in Real Estate Industry
New report from ULI and PwC US highlights increased interest in the suburbs and social justice.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made its mark on the real estate industry—from accelerating existing trends, like the reduction of retail footprints, to spawning new ones
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Multifamily’s long-term outlook rebounds to pre-covid levels in Q3
After dipping in the previous two quarters to levels unseen in nearly a decade, the Multifamily-for-Rent outlook for design and construction firms returned to pre-COVID levels in the 3rd Quarter, according to the PSMJ Resources’ Quarterly Market Forecast (QMF). The ma
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To stimulate or not to stimulate, that is the question
As political pundits debate debating, financial pundits are watching the 3D tennis match between President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Powell. This trio has been volleying stimulus demands back and forth for quite a while … even though the last round of stimulus ra
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Despite Overall Economic Struggles, Multifamily Foundation Looks Strong
Industry experts say health issues need to be resolved before the economy can fully recover.
While the fundamentals are adjusting for the multifamily market, the foundation is still solid, and industry experts are optimistic looking ahead to the long term.
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If you’ve been around the real estate investment world for a while, you've likely heard about a 1031 Exchange. At its core, it is a powerful wealth building tool for the savvy investor. In its most basic element, it can defer the capital gains taxes for any investor. As a seasoned
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If you want to play the game, you have to know the rules
So now you are ready to sell your property and buy another in order to take advantage of a 1031 Exchange and continue to grow and preserve your wealth. There are quite a few rules laid down by the IRS in order to comp
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Sometimes, there is no rhyme or reason as to why a house sells quickly. It might be luck;
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In a New York Times op-ed shortly after the stock market crashed in September 2008, Warren Buffett wrote that his investments would be guided mostly by a single piece of advice, "Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy."
Throughout his decades-long car
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