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Shohei Ohtani Signed a $700 Million Contract. He’s Only Getting Paid $2 Million a Year. *
2023 12 12 | WSJ.COM  

Rand Paul's 'Festivus Report' exposes $900B in government squander
2023 12 22  |   FOXNEWS.COM

THE 16 DEALS AND TRENDS THAT DEFINED 2023 **
2023 12 20  |   BISNOW.COM

California Existing-Home Sales Fall to 16-Year Low
2023 12 28  |   CONNECTCRE.COM

Multifamily debt tops $2 trillion
2023 12 20  |   MULTIFAMILYDIVE.COM

Lennar looks to sell 11,000 apartments reportedly worth $4.5B total **
2023 12 20  |   CONNECTCRE.COM

DFW Apartment Bubble Deflated In 2023 As Onslaught Of New Units Pushed Supply Ahead Of Demand **
2023 12 20  |   BISNOW.COM

CRE Prices Continue Dropping, but Rate of Decline Slows **
2023 12 20  |   CONNECTCRE.COM

First American suffers cyber attack, potentially delaying deals **
2023 12 21 | THEREALDEAL.COM

Here Are the Most Active Apartment Markets **
2023 12 19 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM

Why Maintaining Multifamily Occupancy Will be Tough Next Year **
2023 12 20 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM

CRE Prices Continue Dropping, but Rate of Decline Slows **
2023 12 20  |   CONNECTCRE.COM

More Apartment Construction Heads to Low Rent Suburbs **
2023 12 14 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM

Why DFW is “the best place in the country” for real estate **
2023 12 13 | THEREALDEAL.COM

Here Are the Most Competitive Apartment Markets **
2023 12 12 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM

Single-Family Renters: Identifying an Evolving Demographic 
2023 12 13 | ARBOR.COM

Why Rising Apartment Vacancy Rates are Not Here to Stay 
2023 12 11 | ARBOR.COM

Class B Offers Apartment Investors the Best Balance **
2023 12 13 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM

Renters Are Starting to Get Concessions From Landlords Again *
2023 12 10 | WSJ.COM 

S Trillion dollar club: Leaders in Congress who helped amass $34 trillion in national debt **
2023 12 10 | JUSTTHENEWS.COM 

Fewer Renters Trading Out for Single-Family Homes **
2023 12 12 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM

Shohei Ohtani Signed a $700 Million Contract. He’s Only Getting Paid $2 Million a Year. *
2023 12 12 | WSJ.COM  

2023 Has Been The Least Affordable Year for Homebuying on Record—But 2024 Is Looking Up
2023 12 07 | REDFIN.COM 

Housing market may be thawing as rates dip and listings inch higher
2023 12 08 | NBCNEWS.COM 

Here's Where Mortgage Rates and Home Prices Are Heading, According to Zillow and Redfin
2023 12 07 | MONEY.COM 

Major Title Company Hamstrung By Weeklong Cyberattack **
2023 11 30 | BISNOW.COM 

Congress Aims to Limit Corporate Ownership of SFRs **
2023 11 28 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM 

Tax Extenders in 2023: Three Major Business Provisions and an Expanded Child Credit?
2023 11 30 | TAXFOUNDATION.COM

New Multifamily Projects That Can Still Work **
2023 12 06 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM 

There Are Some Good CRE Opportunities Looking Ahead **
2023 11 28 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM 

Why Moore v. U.S. Won’t Get Us a Consumption Tax Base
2023 12 04 | TAXFOUNDATION.COM

Focus on Value-Add Renovations for Big Gains
2023 11 29 | MULTIHOUSINGNEWS.COM 

Breathing New Life Into Older Apartment Properties
2023 11 29 | MULTIHOUSINGNEWS.COM 

'Stop Making Crap Up!': David Schweikert Tears Into Republicans And Democrats Over Deficit Rhetoric
2023 11 30 | YOUTUBE.COM (OUR VIDEO OF THE WEEK)

There Are Some Good CRE Opportunities Looking Ahead **
2023 11 28 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM 

Many Bet That the Federal Reserve Will Cut Rates Soon **
2023 11 29 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM 

Multifamily Capital Markets Continue to Struggle **
2023 11 29 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM 

CRE Pricing Forecast Is Down, Down, Down **
2023 11 30 | ALM  GLOBESTREET.COM 

3 good reasons to discuss financial plans this Thanksgiving
How to Talk About Your Financial Plan While Passing the Pie ...
2023 11 20 | KIPLINGER

Multifamily goes from darling to distress in Texas **
For the past few years, Texas multifamily was one of the hottest real estate investments in the country ...
2023 11 21| THEREALDEAL.COM

Weighing a Roth Conversion? Don’t Overlook These Five Factors
2023 11 14 | KIPLINGER 

CBRE Says No Recovery Until Second Half of 2024 **
2023 10 31 | ALM  GLOBESTREET 

Apartment Rents Drop Even in High-Flying Markets **
2023 11 14 | ALM  GLOBESTREET 

Even More Apartments Enter the Pipeline for 2024, 2025 **
2023 11 16 | THEREALDEAL.COM

Why real estate is so difficult to price right now **
2023 11 16 | THEREALDEAL.COM

“Playing with the house’s money”: How buyers, sellers are closing deals
2023 11 16 | THEREALDEAL.COM

Are you ready? The Corporate Transparency Act becomes effective Jan 1, 2024
2023 10 23  | THOMSONREUTERS.COM

Two Factors That Drive Regional Multifamily Differences
2023 11 17 | ALM  GLOBESTREET 

Hard Landing? Soft Landing? These Economists Say There'll Be No Landing At All
2023 11 15 | ALM  GLOBESTREET 

San Antonio jumps into top 10 U.S. real estate markets in 2024
2023 11 06 | PWC.COM

Is It Better to Take RMDs Monthly or Annually?
2023 11 01 | ARTICLES.SMARTASSET.COM

Multifamily Construction Pipeline Increases 7.6%
2023 11 09 | CONNECT CRE

Multifamily Industry Says It is Being Demonized About Service Fees **
2023 11 06 | ALM  GLOBESTREET  

Is the U.S. Going to Have to Raise Taxes?
2023 10 27 | CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR 

What every small business needs to know about the Corporate Transparency Act and Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting
2023 10 30 | WOLTERS KLUWER 

Apartment Markets That Should Outperform in 2024 **
2023 11 09 | ALM GLOBESTREET  

House Passes Aid Bill for Israel but Not for Ukraine *
2023 11 02 | NY TIMES 

The fuse on America's debt bomb just got shorter (STEVE FORBES)
2023 11 02 | FOX BUSINESS

What Is Driving Apartment Rent Growth in Certain Cities? **
2023 11 02 | ALM  GLOBESTREET 

Goodyear BTR Community Sells for $400K/Unit
2023 11 01 | CONNECT CRE

What’s Keeping CRE Capital Sidelined? Several Things
2023 10 26 | CONNECT CRE 

Denver Multifamily Report – September 2023
2023 10 27 | MULTIHOUSING NEWS 

What's Keeping $300B in CRE Cash on the Sidelines **
2023 10 20 | ALM GLOBESTREET

Powell’s Speech Today Was a Rerun: Improvement, Uncertainty, and Caution **
2023 10 19 | ALM GLOBESTREET

Distressed CRE Reaches Ten-Year High **
2023 10 19 | ALM GLOBESTREET

Multifamily Market Could Be on the Cusp of Stabilizing **
2023 10 20 | ALM GLOBESTREET

2023 10 19 | Rising Interest Rates, Economic Uncertainty Fuel Single-Family Opportunities
2023 10 19 | ALM GLOBESTREET

Mortgage Demand Falls to Lowest Level Since 1994 **
2023 10 25 | KIPLINGER

Five Tax Moves Retirees Should Consider Before Dec. 31
2023 10 05 | KIPLINGER

2023 10 18 | Multifamily Remains a ‘Favored Nation’ CRE Asset Class *
Markets where people can “get away from the craziness” are performing well.

2023 10 12 | Opportunities appear as SF apartment values sink to 2014 levels  *
Non-institutional, all-cash buyers take advantage of prices not seen for nearly a decade

2023 10 18 | SF luxe apartment complex NEMA loses nearly half its value since 2018 *
$279M appraisal falls far below loan balance and signals multifamily is “off considerably”

2023 10 14 | Old West-style town appeared in 1986 film “Red Headed Stranger” *
Old West-style town appeared in the 1986 film “Red Headed Stranger”

2023 10 13 | McCombs plans $295M development near San Antonio’s Pearl District *
Partnering with Denver-based McWhinney on property purchased from CPS Energy

2023 10 12 | Revealed: Top Ten Issues Impacting Real Estate 

2023 10 02 | Apartment Rents to Remain Flat for the Rest of the Year

2023 10 03 | The Data Prove Government Is Spending Too Much **
"Be­tween 2013 and 2022, ag­gre­gate an­nual spend-ing by the 50 state gov­ern-ments, ex­clud­ing fed­eral funds, in­creased 51.7%. To­tal an­nual fed­eral spend­ing rose 69.4% dur­ing the decade, more than three times as fast as the 21.6% in­crease in the rate of pop­u­la­tion growth plus in­fla­tion. If gov­ern­ment grows faster than this rate, then it is grow­ing faster than what the av­er­age tax­payer can af­ford.

Had the fed­eral gov­ern-ment lim­ited the growth in spend­ing to a max­i-mum of the pop­u­la­tion growth rate plus in­fla­tion dur­ing that decade, in 2022 the fed­eral gov­ern-ment would have spent $1.6 tril­lion less than it did, re­sult­ing in at least a $200 bil­lion sur­plus. If the fed­eral gov­ern­ment had done this over the past two decades, the na­tional debt would have in­creased by less than $500 bil­lion in­stead of $19 tril­lion."

2023 10 05 | Rising Interest Rates Mean Deficits Finally Matter **

2023 10 06 | Hiring Accelerated With 336,000 Jobs Added Last Month **

2023 10 04 | Tax Moves to Consider Now Before 2017 Cuts Expire **

2023 10 05 | The Tax-Free Way to Rent Out Your Home **
The ‘Masters’ exemption’ isn’t just for property owners in Augusta

2023 09 28 | BLVD Buys Bay Area Affordable Senior Housing 

2023 09 28 | IRA Funding Is Funneling Through to Multifamily

2023 09 30 | Your Will Alone Won’t Guarantee Your Money Goes to Your Heirs *

2023 09 28 | Houston-Based Hines Lands $1.3B Tampa Stadium/Mixed-Use Deal **

2023 09 27 | Nebraska Furniture Mart Building Texas-Sized Store **

2023 09 28 | Kushner, RFR default on Dumbo office portfolio **

2023 09 28 | Return to Lender: Week of Sept. 28, 2023
Failed refi signals severe debt-funding gap for office 

2023 09 28 | Texas is 4th biggest resi market in U.S. **
Lone Star State valued at $3.3T 

2023 09 26 | Americans Finally Start to Feel the Sting From the Fed’s Rate Hikes *
Those who need to borrow now are getting a lot less for their money

 2023 09 22 | It's Still Not Clear If Multifamily Has Hit Bottom **

2023 09 22 | Lenders Have Leverage With Insurance Costs **

2023 09 27 | Older Multifamily Buildings Posting Stronger Rent Growth **

2023 09 27 | House Bill Would Take the Tax Heat Off CRE Debt Workouts **

2023 08 06 | Why Are You Still Working? 

2023 06 27 | Four Ways Parents Can Help Kids Be First-Time Home Buyers 

2023 09 11 | Three Ways Parents Can Transfer Wealth to Help Their Kids 

2023 09 19 | There is $436B of Multifamily Debt That is Potentially Troubled **

2023 09 22 | Apartment Renters are Absorbing the High Number of Units Coming to Market **

2023 09 20 | Dry Powder Circles Multifamily Deals **

2023 09 22 | The Possible Recession Is a Dueling Narratives Story **

2023 09 20 | The Fed Pauses Rate Hikes. For Now 

2023 09 21 | How to Jump-Start Your Kids’ Retirement Savings 

2023 09 21 | Will You Outlive Your Money?
Americans are less prepared for retirement than they think and are at risk of running out of funds sooner than they realize, study shows.

2023 09 21 | Class A Apartment Rents Driving What Little Growth There Is **

2023 09 20 | Harris County Housing Affordability Gap Widens As Rents Outpace Income Growth **

2023 09 18 | Why Real Estate Investors Need Professional Property Management **

2023 09 21 | San Jose Outperforms on Apartment Rent Growth

2023 09 12 | Tempe Adding to Breathtaking Phoenix-Area Apartment Growth

2023 09 21 | Austin Affordable Housing Project Rallies Up $74.5M for Construction Financing

2023 08 22 | Multifamily Development, Office-To-Residential Conversions And More [Bisnow Dallas ] **

2QTR 2023 | United States Multifamily Capital Markets Report **

2QTR 2023 | Houston Real Estate Market Reports **

2023 09 12 | Energy Corridor (Houston) Office High-Rise To Hit The Block At Foreclosure Auction **

2023 09 17 | SPECIAL REPORT: Meet The Office Owners Fighting To Save Thousands Of Older Buildings

Multifamily M&A Returns After a Slow Start to 2023

Five CRE Investment Themes for Turbulent Times

The Soft Landing May Be Rougher Than Many Expect

Strong Demand for Multifamily to Continue into 2024

New Household Formation Driving Multifamily Demand

$465M Loan On Greenway Plaza Defaults, ‘Nowhere Close To Being Resolved’

Menashe Properties Buys American Bank Building for $13.6M ($74.02/sq ft)

Tempe Adding to Breathtaking Phoenix-Area Apartment Growth

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What’s in a Name…When It Comes to Apartment Buildings?

Going Beyond IRR for Projected Returns

Phoenix Okays 1,890 Apartment Units/More on Way

California Invests $757M in Affordable Housing Projects

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Landlords start nickel-and-diming tenants with fees

Do Higher Deficits Cause Inflation? Not This Year - WSJ*

Oil Prices Soar To 2023 Highs—Threatening Higher Prices At The Pump After Output Cuts

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US set to unveil long-awaited crackdown on real estate money laundering*

LIFE CHANGES IRS delays change for 401(k) catch-up contributions. Here's what higher earners need to know

GOP rep calls McCarthy 'absolutely insane' for pushing short-term shutdown resolution

The Exact Age When You Make Your Best Financial Decisions*
The prime years for making smart financial decisions are, on average, 53 and 54. At around that age, people have accumulated knowledge and experience about money, spending and saving, but haven’t begun losing key analytic cognitive skills. It’s also roughly the age when adults make the fewest financial mistakes, related to things like credit-card use, interest rates and fees. Knowing what leads to the financial strength of your early 50s is valuable. Younger adults can delve more deeply into basics like inflation and interest rates to hedge against lack of experience, and those who are older can work to keep their analytical skills sharp. ...

The US housing market may be trapped in a prolonged freeze

US economy adds 187,000 jobs in August while unemployment rate unexpectedly jumps

Polish Developer Cavatina Announces First Seattle Project - Connect CRE

Allen Condo/Hotel Tower Opens Next Month

Houston apartment rents increased faster than the national average. Here's where rents are rising most.

Toll Brothers Forwarding Massive Phoenix Rental Community

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Kevin O'Leary: 'This is causing some real chaos' [VIDEO]

Mortgage rates pushed to a fresh two-decade high, making it tougher for the housing market to emerge from its slowdown*

If nothing changes 2033, the average American couple's  SSA annual benefit will be cut by $17,400  [VIDEO]

Multifamily Developer Confidence Positive Despite Near-Term Headwinds | GlobeSt

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401K millionaires on the rise: Fidelity  [VIDEO]

Chart: The fed funds rate vs. 10-year Treasuries

Federal Funds Rate - 62 Year Historical Chart
30 Year Mortgage Rate in the United States averaged 7.74 percent from 1971 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 18.63 percent in October of 1981 and a record low of 2.65 percent in January of 2021.

Fed officials see ongoing inflation risks that could require more rate hikes, minutes show
Fed officials warned of 'upside risks' to inflation at July meeting

Another ‘Good News, But Maybe Not’ Fed Meeting Minutes
Yes, there are signs that inflation is waning, but the Fed isn’t betting on a clear course to lower interest rates.

The Suburb That Defied Nimby ("not in my back yard")
New Rochelle streamlined approval processes and engaged with the local community to speed development of thousands of new apartments

Michael Burry, of ‘Big Short’ fame, just bet $1.6 billion on a stock market crash

CBO Director Phillip Swagel on U.S. deficit: An unusual and very challenging fiscal situation  [VIDEO]
Growth will help, but it's not adequate in and of itself. Solutions? (1) Raise taxes, (2) Cut spending, or (3) both.

Institutional Investors Are Primed to Buy Apartments in H2

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Are people leaving or moving to your county? Detailed maps show migration trends for your county *
Net migration in 2020-21 for U.S. counties. Select a county on the map or use the search bar to find more information on a county.

The Scary Math Behind the World’s Safest Assets*
The Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation has amplified the risk of an unthinkable fiscal crisis made possible by decades of Washington dysfunction. ... "The 10-year note’s yield is literally the risk-free rate used to value all other securities". 

Class A Apartments Outpace Other Classes for Demand

A Real-Estate Haven Turns Perilous With Roughly $1 Trillion Coming Due*

Industry Groups Ask FHFA to Steer Clear of Rent Control Mandates

Upcoming Webinar Tackles the Challenges of Commercial Property Insurance

The Impact of Runaway Insurance Costs on Multifamily Investment

How Senior Housing Is Rising Above the Fray

Online Debt Marketplace PeerStreet Files for Chapter 11, Will Sell Off Its Assets

Where New Apartment Demand is Outpacing Supply
They number only 14 out of 50 markets but they stretch from coast to coast.

Shelter Inflation to 'Slow Significantly' Says San Francisco Fed

Institutional SFR Investors Slow Their Roll
Completed transactions slid to $412 million for the year’s first two quarters.

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U.S. Multifamily Market Progresses Toward Stabilization

Freddie Mac Outlook: Slow and Steady
Key indicators show that the MFR sector is gradually reverting to pre-pandemic norms.

RMR Group to Buy CARROLL for $80M

10 Most Affordable US Markets (MFR)

Insurance Looms Large for Multifamily Owners

Concession Rates Rising in Some Major Metros

Seller Financing Secures Phoenix Apartment Deal

Is Slow Growth the New Normal for Home Prices? Goldman Sachs Thinks So

Houston Partially Affordable Community Secures Refi
NewPoint Real Estate Capital provided the Freddie Mac financing.

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July Fed Meeting: FOMC Raises Interest Rates To A 22-Year High

Eclectic Austin Hot Spot to Transform

Chicago Apartment Investor Picks Third San Antonio Property

Morgan Group Launching The Pearl in Bee Cave

Mesa Site for 90-Unit Modular Apartment Community

Broe Pays $225M for 587-Unit Denver Rental Project

Two Phoenix-Area Properties Included in $124.5M Portfolio Refi

Marcus & Millichap Arranges $3.5M to Construct MF In Northeast Seattle

Four-Story Apartment Complex Opens Near Seattle University

CRG Holds Grand Opening for Apartments in Northwest Suburb of St. Louis

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After a Pause, US Fed Likely to Hike Interest Rates to 22-Year High

Report: Investor Interest in SFR Ebbing

Housing demand remains low but inventory is even lower, says Redfin CEO

The New Amenities in Multifamily: What Renters Actually Want

The Cap Rate Spread’s Underlying Message

Are Manufactured Homes a Good Investment in 2023?

Top 10 Markets for Multifamily Construction

America's Economy Moves South and West

Housing Construction Starts Decline, Cold Storage Demand Soars, Mortgage Applications Rise

Hotel-to-Apartment Conversions Gaining in Numbers

Report: Renters Feeling Forced to Relocate

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The New Normal for Apartment Demand

Apartment Demand Rebounds as Rent Growth Further Cools

Median Apartment Asking Rents Haven’t Fallen That Much

Demographic Differences Between Renters and Homeowners

Premiere Residential Pays $140M ($368,421/unit) for Phoenix Asset

Senior Housing Poised for Rental Rate Increases

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Report: Data Suggests that CRE Continues Holding On

Green Street: CRE Pricing Posts 0.8% Monthly Decline

Data Compare For-Sale Home Expenses and Rental Housing Costs

Report: Pinpointing the Highest Energy Cost States

These Multifamily Markets Are Faring the Worst in Absorption

Fewer Multifamily Developers Are Seeing Deals Reprice

The Yield Curves Are Still Inverted. Are We Having a Recession or Not?

Regulators Issue Final Rule on CRE Loan Modifications

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$947M Loan Goes to West Coast’s Largest Apartment Complex

TruAmerica Multifamily Refis Five Properties for $300M

Deal Falls Through for $1.225B Sale of Miami Waterfront Site

U.S. Office Pricing Not Expected to Recover Until 2040

Fed Chair Powell Talks Two More Rate Hikes and the Yield Curve Steepens

Amid Mixed Data, Fannie Mae Sees Recession as “Most Likely”

Why the Official Data Shows There's No Recession

Is Recourse Lending Really THAT Scary?

FHA Raises Threshold for Large Multifamily Loans and the Industry Cheers

Five Design Elements to Help Promote Sustainability

This Old School Southern City is Renters' Newest Top Destination

Home Buyer Pessimism Bodes Well for Multifamily

Data Compare For-Sale Home Expenses and Rental Housing Costs

Austin developer plans end-of-year groundbreaking on Helotes build-to-rent community

Cracks begin to show in build-to-rent development

Multifamily industry grapples with surging insurance costs in wake of climate risks

Major U.S. Banks Could Survive the Worst CRE Scenario

Why Life (Insurance) Companies Have a Lock on Self Storage

Industrial Portfolio Sale Demonstrates the Wisdom of Sometimes Being a Contrarian

Prologis Acquires $3.1B of Blackstone Industrial

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Texas CRE News
San Antonio Multifamily Metrics Dip

Atlanta & Southeast CRE News
Construction Begins on New Upscale Multifamily in Savannah

Phoenix & Southwest CRE News
Midtown Phoenix Potential Spot for 1,500 Rental Units/Retail

Seattle & Northwest CRE News
Corliss Begins 1,000-Unit Residential Project in South Hill

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Fed's Bowman says more rate increases needed

Just days after pausing rate hikes, Fed officials call for more increases

Prices at the supermarket keep rising. So do corporate profits. Is it really inflation? Or something else?

Bell Partners’ New $1.3B Apartment Fund Signals Bargain-Seeking By Investors

Top 3 Tips for Refinancing Small-Balance Multifamily Loans