National Multifamily

More owners are finding with increased housing scarcity and the looming specter of rent control, minimal value-add renovation for modest rental increases may be key.

For rental owners, a crucial element of promoting and leasing property often comes down to a need to know what a potential tenant is looking for in a unit.

Apartment Consultants Inc. (ACI) recently attended a presentation by the CoStar Group discussing the State of the Multifamily industry. This article consists of a summarization of notes from that presentation. ACI has been San Diego’s top multifamily apartment brokerage for the past 35 years. The group of experts lead by Product Marketing Specialist John Berryman, […]

Despite signs of tightening within the multifamily sector, the national rent growth roller-coaster continues to climb, albeit slowly, going into 2018. Although many real estate professionals see this as a sign that property values will soon decrease, any drop right now would likely be extremely shallow, buffered by a lack of supply nationwide. These are […]

Lacking multifamily construction continues to push San Diego County towards higher rents, higher occupancy USC Lusk 2017 Multifamily Forecast Report.

Apartment demand surged to a near-record volume in the second quarter, according to real estate technology and analytics firm RealPage, Inc. and Axiometrics

A recent study by Freddie-Mac found that seven in 10 renters express concern over growing utility costs over rent increases & its affect on income.

For additional evidence that renting by choice is a reality, consider a pair of new studies from credible authorities—Zillow and the National Association of Realtors—showing high percentages of renters who could afford to buy instead don’t.

Although analysts are still mixed about the long-term effects that the “Brexit” will have on the world economy, one financial institution that could see long term change is the multifamily real estate market.

Markets in the Western states continue to predominate in the high end of the rent growth ranking on a trailing 12-month basis, Yardi Matrix report.