Housing

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 closer to September (at the moment). These shifting interest rate…

A 3.5% annual jump in CPI inflation numbers has led investors and experts to rethink their expectations of an interest rate cut in mid-year 2024, but Blackstone’s recent agreement to acquire Apartment Income REIT Corp. for $10 billion could spark greater investment activity in spite of elevated interest rates, especially given the improving fundamentals in…

Markets in the Northeast and the Sun Belt continue to get attention, along with mountain locales like Idaho and Montana, but affordability is a significant draw for Midwestern markets like Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

Costs for homebuyers have been growing at more than twice the rate as rentals, making renting a more affordable option. Buoyed by recent data on apartment fundamentals multifamily investors are re-entering the market, undaunted by persistent high interest rates, last year’s sluggish rent growth, and projections of elevated supply through the end of 2024.