A week ago, the Los Angeles Controller’s Office released what it called the “Top 100 Rental Properties” list in LA. As I started going through the addresses, I noticed something interesting. I recognized many of the properties not because I was involved in them, but because a surprisingly significant number of them have traded over the past few years. Roughly 16% of the buildings on the list have sold within the last 4 years. That raises a bigger issue. Instead of focusing on

Lower-cost submarkets on solid footing. Amid a period of household budget tightening, local apartment fundamentals point to strong...

Robust Demand Momentum The multifamily sector experienced substantial demand growth in the first quarter of 2024, with a record-breaking...

Single-family accounts for a growing share of development. Multifamily and single-family construction trends are moving in opposite...

More Prospective Buyers and Sellers Coming to Terms The number of existing single-family homes available for purchase swelled to a...

Inflation Continues to Show Varied Trends The headline consumer price index (CPI) showed a slight uptick in July, rising by 3.2 percent...

The real estate market continues to be a hot topic in mid-2023, with sellers maintaining the upper hand due to a shortage of housing...

Los Angeles Multifamily Market Update March 2023 By: Jason Tuvia Where are Interest Rates Now for LA Multifamily? Many lenders have...

Softening economic data warrants less-assertive rate increase. The Federal Reserve has extended its tightening cycle into 2023 by raising...

Hiring continues, but signs of slowdown emerging. The labor market welcomed 263,000 new jobs in September, above the long-term monthly...

Home purchases and prices stay on the descent. In the wake of the Federal Reserve’s fifth interest rate hike so far this year, borrowing...

Federal Reserve enacts fifth rate hike of the year. Following accelerated core CPI inflation and ongoing above-average hiring last month,...

After vacancies plunged to historic lows for many parts of the country in 2021, rates have trended up in the first half of 2022 as...

Last month’s employment report ideal for Fed objectives. Employers added 315,000 personnel to payrolls in August, below the 526,000 jobs...

After national vacancy plunged to a historic-low in 2021, the rate trended up in the first half of 2022 as inflationary impacts and broad...

Inflation trend may be turning corner. The headline Consumer Price Index in July was up 8.5 percent compared to a year prior, a...

Sequence of rate hikes decay housing affordability. In late July, the Federal Reserve again lifted the overnight rate by 75 basis points...

GDP contracts, but other economic indicators in the green. Real gross domestic product declined at an annualized rate of 0.9 percent in...

High inflation persists, but pressure may ease. The Consumer Price Index advanced 9.1 percent year-over-year in June, its fastest pace...

Reduce Costs and Increase Tenant Satisfaction with Energy-Efficient Upgrades to Your Building Greening a building is not just a matter of...