Economic Conditions

Economic Conditions

• April Jobs Data May Tell Whether It's More Multifamily Mojo or Another So-So Year

  Tomorrow's Bureau of Labor Statistics April Employment Situation Summary will either add to or suppress momentum on the household-formation front, which has unleashed pent-up demand and fueled apartment-demand fundamentals for a solid start to the new year.

   

• 2012 Promises to Take Multifamily’s Drivers on One Hell of a Ride.

  2012 promises to take multifamily’s drivers on one hell of a ride.

   

• Home Ownership Showing Gains

  Home Ownership Showing Gains

   

• Home Financing Stays Tough

  Home Financing Stays Tough

   

• Gen-Y Demographic Could Quickly Vacate Apartments for Homeownership

  Robust employment improvements and family-creation could cycle the Gen-Y demographic out of rental housing sooner than experts predict.

   

• Economics Continue to Make Ownership an Uphill Battle

   

• Comeback Cities

  Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Miami have been lumped together as the poster children for distress, but each metro is climbing back up in its own way.

   

• Unemployed Developers Still Search for Work

  Unemployed Developers Still Search for Work

   

• Economists Warn of Double-Dip, Rent Disparities at State of Industry Roundtable

  The economists at the Multifamily Executive Conference’s annual Economic Roundtable and State of the Industry panel are optimistic that the country won’t experience a double-dip recession.

   

• Multifamily Executives Bullish on Industry Forecast

  Our annual survey of CFOs shows greater optimism and activity among multifamily firms.