Posts Tagged ‘reports’

Despite a report from Fannie Mae downplaying the region’s performance, Midwestern markets have been a major contributor to the upswing in national rent growth.

A recent article from Charles Schwab claims that the Federal Reserve will avoid further rate hikes, but these lower interest rate forecasts are accompanied by the expectation of an economic downturn. In the multifamily market, a recent rent growth report has recorded a rare year-over-year rent decrease, but when viewed alongside numerous other reports showing…

The latest numbers from the Consumer Price Index showed lower-than-expected inflation, but uncertainty (or pessimism) regarding the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path has dampened some of the enthusiasm about the inflation news. This uncertainty is keenly felt in the still-stagnant apartment sales market, but when it comes to apartment demand, solid positive rent growth trends…

High home prices were a prominent subject two years ago, and despite a dip in values, still-elevated home values and high mortgage rates have kept the topic in conversation. While multifamily investors are familiar with these issues for homebuyers and their implications for the rental market, the enduring nature of this buyer-renter gap will lead…

Following the high profile bank crises earlier this month are worries regarding commercial real estate debt, but while multifamily investors continue to wait for distressed assets and buying opportunities that have yet to arrive in significant numbers, office properties are under greater stress, with ⁠growing⁠ ⁠concern⁠ ⁠of⁠ ⁠a⁠ ⁠crisis⁠ in the office real estate market that could contribute to a downturn…

The Federal Reserve’s just-announced rate hike of 25 BPS puts more strain on an economy under increasing pressure, and commercial real estate markets are among the many areas of the economy that are vulnerable to these rising rates. At the same time, the the growing chasm between expensive mortgage payments and more-affordable rental prices will…