Apartment Rents Up Slightly in March

by Phil Hall | Mar 31, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Apartment rents inched up slightly in March with the national average rising to $1,723, a 0.2% uptick from February’s upwardly revised level of $1,719. According to Apartments.com, an online marketplace of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), February marked the fourth...

Canopy Real Estate Partners Pays $13.39 Million for 36-Unit Phoenix-Area Multifamily Community

by Phil Hall | Mar 31, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Canopy Real Estate Partners, a commercial real estate investment firm, has acquired CJ Townhomes, a newly constructed 36-unit multifamily community in Mesa, Arizona, for $13.39 million. The 61,670-square-foot, fully leased property was built in 2024 and consists of...

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: In Search of New Homes

by Phil Hall | Mar 31, 2026 | A Phil Hall Op-Ed, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Last week, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) number-crunched data from the American Community Survey and came up with a remarkable result: Roughly half of the nation’s housing stock was built in the 1980s and earlier, with slightly...

New Data Reports Find Cooling but Continued Home Price Gains

by Phil Hall | Mar 31, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Two new data reports tracking January’s housing market found home prices are continuing to rise, albeit at a much slower pace. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller US National Home Price NSA Index reported a 0.9% annual gain in January, down from a 1.1% rise in the...

Chicago Bears Give Illinois Lawmakers More Time to Resolve Obstacles for a New Stadium

by Phil Hall | Mar 31, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren is giving Illinois lawmakers more time to formulate a legislative solution that would keep the football team from relocating to Indiana. In an interview with NBC Sports, Warren stated, “We don’t have a set deadline, but I am...