Fed Declares: “Interest Rates Stay High” The latest meeting of the FOMC, in which the Federal Reserve affirmed its continued commitment to high interest rates, was not surprising given the bumps along the road to target inflation. In the multifamily market, even as apartment operators continue to navigate the occupancy and rent growth challenges associated…

Apartment Investors Are More Confident, Will the Market Follow? Multifamily investor sentiment improves even as debt financing challenges continue. Strength in the labor market, robust apartment demand, and stable consumer sentiment are some of the reasons behind this, but another significant factor is the decline in the multifamily construction pipeline. For investors looking beyond the…

Is the Fed Keeping Interest Rates High? Comments this week from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are among the most forceful indications yet that interest rate cuts may be delayed past initial expectations. While some extreme predictions push the rate cuts all the way out to March 2025, futures data is pointing to July or…