Category: News and Trends

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CRE executives’ market sentiment has decreased since last summer and is likely to continue to slip, said RCLCO, Washington, D.C.

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.

Private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe agreed to acquire data provider Green Street Advisors from Golden Gate Capital.

U.S. hotel sector growth is likely to slow this year and next, STR and Tourism Economics said.

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said low rental home inventory relative to demand fueled growth of single-family rent prices in April.

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.

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.

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.

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.