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…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Buyers looking for discounts had the best chance of finding one them of the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays, where the share of price cuts was the highest in the Hamptons at…
A report from the Journal Gazette in Indiana. "Students choosing to live on campus at Purdue University Fort Wayne this all could pay less than expected due to higher than anticipated demand. Filling beds had been a challenge since the…
A report from CNBC. "A Federal Reserve economist says the current housing backdrop is similar to recent economic slumps, with several metrics 'consistent with the possibility of a late 2019 or early 2020 recession. 'Data on single-family home sales through…
A report from the Times Free Press in Tennessee. "The median rent quoted for a typical two-bedroom apartment in Chattanooga jumped 9.9% in the past year as housing prices continued to outstrip the gains in income. But with an abundance…
A report from National Real Estate Business. "Lenders are understandably exercising caution when it comes to financing multifamily housing development projects, says Robert Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics, which tracks construction starts across commercial real estate. 'Notwithstanding…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on New York. "Property investors have spent billions of dollars on apartment buildings for what has been one of the most reliably profitable bets in New York City real estate: converting rent-regulated apartments…