Manufactured Developments Are Becoming More Favorable in the Multifamily Sector
Thanks to high interest rates, supply-chain bottlenecks, and increased commodities cost for raw construction materials, prefabricated home construction is picking up speed as a substitute for traditional multifamily developments. The prefabricated construction category includes modular units (which are homes built in a factory and later assembled on-site), and manufactured houses (which are also factory-assembled but are built […]
Multifamily Construction Sentiment in U.S. Remains Positive in Late 2021
According to the National Association of Home Builders latest Multifamily Market Survey, confidence in the market for new multifamily housing improved in the fourth quarter of 2021. The MMS produces two separate indices. The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) increased one point to 54 compared to the previous quarter while Multifamily Occupancy Index (MOI) decreased six points […]
National Apartment Investor To Double Dallas HQ With New Lease
S2 Capital CEO Says New Tower Will Give Company ‘Top Notch’ Site To Recruit Younger Workers A national apartment investment firm has decided to more than double the size of its corporate headquarters in Dallas with a new office lease at a yet-to-be-built tower near the city’s bustling Uptown neighborhood with plenty of planned amenities, […]
Multi-Family Lending Is Set To Hit A New Record Of Over $400 Billion In 2021
Based on a new forecast by the Mortgage Bankers Association, commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers are expected to close $578 billion of loans backed by income-producing properties in 2021, a 31 percent increase from 2020’s volume of $442 billion in the U.S. Total multifamily lending alone, which includes some loans made by small and midsize […]
Atlanta Was The Leading Metro Destination For International Capital For Multi-Family In H1 By A Wide Margin
According to CBRE, international investors bought $3.2 billion of U.S. multifamily assets in H1 2021 – 6.7% below the comparable period in 2020 – amid COVID-related travel restrictions, declining cap rates and a competitive bidding environment. CBRE further reports international capital accounted for a modest 3.6% of all U.S. multifamily investment in H1 2021–below the […]
5 Multifamily Trends to Watch in 2021
The pandemic changed virtually every aspect of life for Americans, including how we shop, the ways our children learn, where we do our work, and — in many cases — our living conditions. The multifamily real estate investment market has also changed substantially since this time one year ago, but some ownership tenets remain, such […]
Bright Spots: Land, Apartments, Industrial
The coronavirus pandemic deepened its impact on sales and leasing transactions in the second quarter of 2020. Retail, hotel, and office properties were hit the hardest, while residential, industrial, and land assets were being only mildly impacted. These are some of the findings of the latest Commercial Real Estate Market Trends and Outlook, a quarterly […]
Multifamily Sales on Pace to Set New Market Trend
The total transaction volume among apartment properties in Atlanta is on track to surpass last year’s numbers, revealing investors’ seemingly insatiable appetite for apartments in the Atlanta Market. Every year since 2010 has experienced growth in transaction volume in the multifamily sector, and 2012 marked the first year that multifamily sales prevailed as the leading […]