Demand soars for EV charging at multifamily properties

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Infrastructure options and cost incentives have become more complex as the electric vehicle revolution gears up. Published Dec. 12, 2022 By Robyn Griggs Lawrence In late 2021, after apartment owners and operators started inundating Park City, Utah-based RET Ventures about EV charging stations, the multifamily-focused technology investment firm created a working group. They launched a comprehensive […]

The Catch-22 of Investing in a Recession

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The U.S. is in a recession by traditional definitions: depending on your source, several months or two consecutive quarters of economic slowdown. However, we continue to see strong employment rates when recessions often carry an increase in job losses and unemployment.   But whether we are in a recession or just a period of strong […]

Rent growth expected to cool even more in 2023

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Dive Brief: Yardi Matrix has updated its annual rent forecast, revising its 2023 rent growth outlook down from 3.7%, originally reported in a Nov. 16 webinar, to 3.5% as of early December. According to Andrew Semmes, senior research analyst at Yardi, the analytics provider owes this move to the likelihood of a mild recession in the […]

FHFA cuts lending caps for Fannie, Freddie

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Dive Brief: The Federal Housing Finance Agency has established lending caps of $75 billion each for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, giving them a total of $150 billion for 2023. Last year, the government-sponsored enterprises had $78 billion each to allocate for multifamily loans. Kyle Draeger, senior managing director of multifamily debt and structured finance at CBRE […]