The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has updated the environmental review requirements for multifamily housing development and lending. The updates, which were issued earlier this week through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) via a Mortgagee...
Housing affordability in California in the first quarter reached its highest level in four years, according to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR). During the first three months of the year, CAR determined that 22% of the state’s homebuyers...
The national multifamily vacancy is estimated to increase to 8.8% by the end of this year before easing to 8.4% at the end of 2027, according to a revised forecast from Apartments.com, a division of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP). Apartment rent growth is predicted to...
Mortgage rates were on the rise for the second consecutive week, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.37% as of May 7, up from last week when it averaged 6.30%. A year ago at...
A new data report from ATTOM determined that 43.3% of mortgaged residential properties during the first quarter were equity rich, down from 44.6% in the previous quarter. This marked the lowest share of equity rich residential properties since the fourth quarter of...
Only 10.9% of new housing construction listings were in urban ZIP Codes during the first quarter of this year, according to new data from Realtor.com. However, urban new construction carries a 78.4% price premium over urban existing homes, with a median listing price...
Oregon Apartment Portfolio Trades for $83 Million as Investors Target Durab…
