As single-property transactions and cap rates head to near-record levels, interest rates perk up, and inflation fears hover, some industry analysts (and even a few executives) have started to ask themselves—Is now the time to think about selling? More
Just because it seems like cap rates can’t go down any farther, and many formerly favorable markets will be flooded with supply, that doesn’t mean everyone wants to sell. More
Some of the industry's best and brightest executives, including Greg Mutz, Dean Holmes, Ryan Severino and Brandon Rich, discuss trending topics in this video from the 2013 Multifamily Executive Leadership Summit. More
Anemic job growth and wage increases have hindered stronger rent growth across the country. More
The idea of the bifurcated market came up a lot at the Apartment Finance Today Conference in Las Vegas this week. Despite a robust national recovery, from an equity and debt perspective the apartment industry is still a market of “haves” (the “sexy six” markets) and have nots (many smaller locales around the country). That also happens to be the case for the economy in general. More
During a conference call yesterday, New York City–based Reis hosted a fourth-quarter capital markets briefing and shared its 2012 commercial real estate outlook. More
Apartment Finance Today polled three of the industry's top research houses to identify three markets with high demographic upside, and three others that have numbers working against them. Surprisingly, Fort Lauderdale emerged as one of the hottest, while Atlanta is expected to continue its slump. More
Apartment Finance Today polled three of the industry's top research houses to identify three markets with high demographic upside, and three others that have numbers working against them. Surprisingly, Fort Lauderdale emerged as one of the hottest, while Atlanta is expected to continue its slump. More
The apartment industry certainly has demographics on its side. But some recent surveys and trends are turning some commonly held demographic beliefs on their ear. More
Call it cautious optimism. Unclear but not dire. Choppy. Mixed. Whatever you call it, the economic outlook is, at best, uncertain. So concluded a panel of powerhouse economists at the 2010 Apartment Finance Today Conference in Fort Lauderdale yesterday. More