A report from Globe St. "As the cycle continues to mature, apartment developers are seeing more opportunities for ground-up apartment construction in semi-urban or urban-core-adjacent neighborhoods and mid-rise construction. Some capital sources have been concerned about overbuilding in urban core…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Inflated bond ratings were one cause of the financial crisis. A decade later, there is evidence they persist. In the hottest parts of the booming bond market, S&P and its competitors are giving…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "After a sluggish end to 2018, real-estate investment trusts are showing promise again. 'When we look at these companies, we’re seeing what we would hope to see, which are well-capitalized businesses that aren’t…
A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "At this stage of the economic cycle, it’s natural to wonder about a recession or a housing bubble. But take some comfort in the latest results from D.R. Horton, the nation’s…
A report from Forbes. "The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) warned of potential credit and market risks that market participants should definitely heed. In particular, the FDIC’s 2019 Risk Review Report released yesterday highlighted concerns in the agricultural, commercial real…
A report from the Oregonian. "A condominium building under construction near the Lloyd District has switched to rental apartments weeks before its scheduled opening. The developer of the Twenty Twenty building chalked up the switch to a softer real-estate market…
A report from CNBC. "Last year, about 43,000 single-family homes were built for rent, the largest number in nearly 40 years according to National Association of Home Builders analysis of U.S. Census data. The built-for-rent share of housing starts is…
A weekend topic starting with Good Returns in New Zealand. "As the property landscape changes, yields are, once again, starting to move to centre stage for investors. Yet Kiwibank’s latest property market report reveals that the once stellar yields available…
A report from The Real Deal. "Bank OZK, one of the country’s most aggressive condo construction lenders, signaled in its most recent earnings report that its real estate lending growth is slowing down. 'Lenders in certain markets are very aggressive…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on New York. "High-rise developers in Manhattan are coming under stress as tough market conditions are starting to undermine some of the city’s most prominent luxury condo projects. At a mixed-use project that…