San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has declared a “rent emergency” for the city and unveiled six new ordinances designed to delay evictions, limit the level of rent increases forced upon residents, and increase funding for nonprofit lawyers who represent tenants in...
Two publicly traded apartment landlords are combining in an $8.1 billion deal that will put more than 44,000 apartments under one company—and create a portfolio built around a particular view of where rental demand will hold up best. Independence Realty Trust and...
We use the term “affordable housing” constantly in this industry. I use it. WRE News uses it. Developers, elected officials, housing agencies and advocates all use it. The problem is that two apartments can both legally and accurately be described as affordable...
Newly piqued interest in 3D-printed homes, a royal residence available for lease, and a group of Pennsylvania nuns building their own monastery. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 4. Hit: A Few...
Apartment rents remained mostly flat during August, with the national average dipping by a scant -0.03% to $1,751 from July’s upwardly revised level of $1,752. According to data from Apartments.com, an online marketplace of CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), this...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
