Apartment Occupancy, Rents Rise

RealPage, Richardson, Texas, reported U.S. apartment occupancy approached a record level in the third quarter.

Flexible Office Market Poised for Growth

The flexible office space market should grow significantly over the next decade as flex operators consolidate and forge financial partnerships with building owners, said CBRE, Los Angeles.

Commercial/Multifamily Briefs

The White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council introduced OpportunityZones.gov, a new information hub for the Opportunity Zones initiative.

Hotel Sector Faces Inflection Point

The U.S. hotel sector reported mostly positive results in its three main performance metrics during August, but some analysts say the sector faces an inflection point as its pipeline swells.

CRE Executives ‘Cautiously Optimistic’

Commercial real estate executives remain cautiously optimistic about the U.S. CRE market despite concerns about a possible recession and global trade conflict, DLA Piper’s Global Real Estate State of the Market survey reported.

Commercial/Multifamily Briefs

Arbor Realty Trust, Uniondale, N.Y., and Chandan Economics, New York, launched the Arbor Small Multifamily Price Index.

MBA, Trade Groups Offer Support for ‘YIMBY’ Bill

You’ve heard, of NIMBY, of course–Not In My Back Yard. Turns out, there’s also YIMBY–Yes, In My Back Yard. And in this case, YIMBY is something the Mortgage Bankers Association and other industry trade groups like.