Tag Archives: Household Formation

Why Women are Driving the Demand for Rental Apartments

No, according to a recent Raymond James report: Renter household formation remains at the strongest level in decades. Roughly 1.32 million new renter households were formed in the past year (including owner conversions), while the number of owner-occupied households declined … Continue reading

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Survey reveals commercial real estate developers remain optimistic through …

The survey, conducted in November 2012, polled industry professionals on their views of how the market will change over the coming three years. Multi-family sector In line with last July’s survey projections, multi-family residential construction continues to boom, with an … Continue reading

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Who’s Driving the Demand for Rental Apartments?

No, according to a recent Raymond James report: Renter household formation remains at the strongest level in decades. Roughly 1.32 million new renter households were formed in the past year (including owner conversions), while the number of owner-occupied households declined … Continue reading

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Already Time to Throw Up Caution Signs on Housing?

Fitch contends that home prices remain overvalued and that price growth is not being driven by fundamentals but by technical factors that could easily change. As more homes move more quickly to final foreclosure, especially in states that require a … Continue reading

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Housing Still Precarious in Obama’s Second Term

The housing market is on the slow road to recovery. Home prices in the last three months rose in 120 out of 149 metropolitan markets surveyed by the National Association of Realtors. Compare that to just 39 rising metros a … Continue reading

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Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson California Commercial Real Estate Survey Shows …

LOS ANGELES, Jul 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Developer sentiment continues to show signs of optimism and solid indications of impending new commercial development, according to the current semi-annual release of the Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson California Commercial Real Estate Survey. … Continue reading

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Despite High Affordability, Renter Nation Reigns

More Americans are renting homes, and fewer are owning them; it’s not as if this is news to anyone who follows the U.S. housing market, but a new report from the Census Bureau today really put an historical exclamation point … Continue reading

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Housing’s Huge Supply and Demand Imbalance

“Pent-up demand.” That is the rallying cry of the housing bulls, as they forecast the great recovery of 2012. So many potential buyers are doubled up with family, stuck in undesirable rentals or just plain afraid to put their current … Continue reading

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The Housing Market is Shrinking

The foreclosure headlines today are that one third of all home sales in Q2 were of distressed properties (foreclosures and short sales), according to a new report from online foreclosure sale and data site RealtyTrac. The discount on those homes … Continue reading

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Commercial real estate in weak recovery, Realtors say

Modest growth in the occupancy of commercial buildings such as offices, warehouses, shopping centers and apartments was predicted by the National Assn. of Realtors. The trade group said the country’s commercial real estate vacancy rates were generally flat and moderated … Continue reading

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