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Lenders rush to apartments; NYC’s new crop of tallest buildings; Freddie Mac announces ‘green’ finance initiative; five top construction markets and more in this week’s roundup.

Rents in the United States have been rising faster than incomes for several years, demanding a larger share of household budgets. In fact, nearly one-third of American renter households contribute 50 percent or more of income towards rent.

Did you know that 88 percent of apartment renters trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations?

U.S. Labor Market Earns ‘Gold Medal’; First Risk Retention Compliant CMBS Deal Put on Block; Manhattan’s Luxury Condo Glut; Freddie Mac’s Mid-Year Multifamily Market Outlook and More.

Though large coastal metros have the highest rent levels, some smaller secondary markets have been experiencing steeper rent increases. Here is a look at the Top 20 metro areas in the United States.

How does race composition vary by the size of an apartment building? Fairly significantly, it turns out, as is demonstrated in this new look at data from the American Community Survey.

While luxury apartment rent growth has out-paced that of your run-of-the-mill community over the past three years, an abundance of new Class A product hitting the market could mean that it’s time for Class B and Class C rent growth to shine. 

11 U.S. cities with the greatest disparity between luxury and non-luxury rents; A tale of mixed markets; Median weekly earnings up in 2Q 2016; How Brexit could be a U.S. commercial real estate boon; How cities are responding to housing demand.

Where are America’s small apartment properties (5 to 49 units)?  Which markets are growing the fastest? The data presented here is the first-ever assessment of the geographic distribution of the small asset apartment inventory.

Commercial Price Growth Returns; More Renters Sour on Homeownership; Basel III Real Estate Revisions; Pokémon Go is a Real Estate Selling Point; and More.