by Saira Marin | Apr 12, 2022
There are usually multiple ways to look at anything. In the case of the Yardi Matrix National Multifamily Report for March 2022, you could emulate the late lyricist Johnny Mercer: accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and don’t mess with Mister In-Between....
by Saira Marin | Mar 28, 2022
Commercial real estate has long been regarded as an inflation hedge, but economists from Moody’s Analytics say that adage will be tested this month as the Fed begins the first in a series of expected rate hikes. “This is the Fed’s attempt to curb inflation that hit...
by Saira Marin | Mar 23, 2022
The Freddie Mac Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index fell at the end of last year, signaling that it may become increasingly difficult to find multifamily investment opportunities. The index fell 4.8% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and was down 2.4%...
by Saira Marin | Feb 10, 2022
The disruption wrought by COVID-19 to global markets will continue to abate this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield economist Kevin Thorpe – and several indicators will be top of mind for occupiers and investors alike as the economy recovers. Chief among them?...
by Saira Marin | Jan 18, 2022
Not even rising interest rates can slow down momentum for the red-hot multifamily housing sector. Lenders who spoke at CRE Finance Council’s annual Miami conference Tuesday noted that the Federal Reserve’s planned interest-rate hikes this year would only increase the...
