U.S. hotel sector growth is likely to slow this year and next, STR and Tourism Economics said.
Category: News and Trends
April Single-Family Rents Up 3%
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said low rental home inventory relative to demand fueled growth of single-family rent prices in April.
MBA Chart of the Week: Housing Market Vacancy Rates
According to Census statistics, the U.S. added 1.5 million households during 2018 but built fewer than 1.2 million new housing units. The result is a tightening inventory–not just of homes for sale, but of homes available to occupy.
MBA Chart of the Week: Housing Market Vacancy Rates
According to Census statistics, the U.S. added 1.5 million households during 2018 but built fewer than 1.2 million new housing units. The result is a tightening inventory–not just of homes for sale, but of homes available to occupy.
Searching for a Solution to Rental Affordability Challenges
The Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies’ State of the Nation’s Housing report said overall rents rose at a 3.6 percent annual rate in early 2019, twice the pace of overall inflation.
MBA, Trade Groups Urge CFPB to Raise HMDA Reporting Threshold
The Mortgage Bankers Association and a half-dozen other industry trade groups urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to increase the threshold for reporting Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data on closed-end mortgage loans.
Office Performance Mixed Amid Uneven Growth Distribution
The U.S. economic expansion could soon become the longest in history, but that growth is unevenly distributed, which means different office markets perform very differently, reported Cushman & Wakefield, New York.
1Q Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Delinquencies At Record Lows
Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies fell to near-record lows in the first quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.
MBA Chart of the Week: Transition from LIBOR
The vast majority of commercial and multifamily mortgage lenders report they are working on the transition away from LIBOR, but the devil is in the details. Most firms are already taking steps, but they also report relying on regulators and industry bodies to make decisions before they take certain actions.
MBA Chart of the Week: Transition from LIBOR
The vast majority of commercial and multifamily mortgage lenders report they are working on the transition away from LIBOR, but the devil is in the details. Most firms are already taking steps, but they also report relying on regulators and industry bodies to make decisions before they take certain actions.