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Even as Housing Revives, Apartment Growth to Boom

“Despite overtures of the headwinds from new supply, our April survey results showed positive gains in both occupancy and rents ahead of expected seasonal trends,” she wrote in a report to clients. (Read More: Apartment Building Bubbles as Single-Family Homes … Continue reading

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Is Multi-Family Home Construction Overheating?

“With most data surpassing trailing 10-year averages, supply is clearly on the way. … The big unknown, in our view, is how desensitized (or not) investors are to the idea,” wrote David Toti and Gaurav Mehta, analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. … Continue reading

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Is Multifamily Home Construction Overheating?

“With most data surpassing trailing 10-year averages, supply is clearly on the way. … The big unknown, in our view, is how desensitized (or not) investors are to the idea,” wrote David Toti and Gaurav Mehta, analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. … Continue reading

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Beyond the Numbers, Confidence Returns to Housing

While first-timers are getting more interested, current homeowners are getting less interested, according to the Campbell survey. Meanwhile investor interest in housing rose to a four-month high, accompanied by a rise in sales of distressed properties. Investors, who largely buy … Continue reading

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What Tops Home Buyers’ Wish List Now

Perhaps the most surprising finding of the NAHB survey is not what we want in our homes, but where we want our homes to be. Just 8 percent of those surveyed want to live in a city center, 36 percent … Continue reading

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Kennedy Wilson Purchases 178-Unit Apartment Building in Oakland, CA

Kennedy Wilson Purchases 178-Unit Apartment Building in Oakland, CA BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– International real estate investment and services firm Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) today announced that the company acquired Regency Tower Apartments, a 178-unit apartment building in Oakland, CA, … Continue reading

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Apartment Demand Ebbs as ‘Avalanche’ of New Units Open

One of the biggest upsides to the downturn in housing has been a surge in demand for apartments. Whether burned by foreclosure or afraid of losing money in homeownership, Americans have run in droves to rent. That resulted in a … Continue reading

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Rent Spikes Begin to Ease

Recent reports have shown home prices rising, especially in the housing markets which were hardest hit in the crash. Investors, buying in bulk, have been swarming these distressed markets, seeking to take advantage of a thriving new single family rental … Continue reading

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As Housing Recovers, Will Apartment Boom End?

The latest reports on new and existing home sales seem to indicate that the housing market is beginning to find its footing again. While most believe the recovery will be slow, U-shaped, and bumpy, the free fall appears to be … Continue reading

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In a Twist, Both Home Prices and Rents Rise

Home prices across the nation continued their upswing in June, according to a new report from CoreLogic. Including sales of foreclosures and short sales (selling for less than the value of the mortgage), prices rose 2.5 percent from a year … Continue reading

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