Multifamily News and Insights

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.

‘Workforce housing’ is one the most misunderstood terms in the business. It also represents a growing opportunity for apartment investors. 

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Arbor Commercial Mortgage has recently funded 22 loans totaling $54,938,100 across New York, Florida and New Jersey under Arbor’s Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program.

10 real estate predictions for the second half of 2016; apartment rent growth slows; Airbnb removes 2,233 listings from NYC; Brexit vote could trigger U.S. real estate boom; and more in this week’s roundup.