Tag: multifamily starts
March is a down month for multifamily housing construction
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for March showed multifamily permits were flat for the month, and that was the relative bright spot....
Fannie Mae lowers housing starts forecasts on higher interest rates
Fannie Mae’s March economic forecast calls for multifamily housing starts to decline modestly through the end of 2025. Single-family housing starts are expected to...
Multifamily completions hit 50 year high
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for February showed multifamily construction unit completions continuing their recent surge. In addition, both multifamily permits and...
Fannie Mae predicts a soft landing for economy
Fannie Mae’s February economic forecast calls for a steady decline in inflation while both GDP growth and employment growth remain positive, if subdued. The...
Census report foretells multifamily construction slowdown
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for January showed rising level of multifamily construction completions. However, both multifamily permits and starts were down...
Yardi Matrix sees changing mix in multifamily starts
A new report from Yardi Matrix examines the changes in the number of multifamily starts and the sorts of developments started over the last...
Fannie Mae no longer forecasts recession
Fannie Mae’s January economic forecast is their first since April 2022 that does not anticipate that the U.S. economy will go into recession as...
Census reports improving multifamily construction figures for December
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for December showed a rebounding multifamily housing construction business, with multifamily construction permits, starts and completions numbers...
GDP downturn still expected, but later
Fannie Mae’s November economic and housing forecast still predicts that GDP growth will turn negative, but not until later than in their prior forecasts. With...
Multifamily construction starts higher while completions fall
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for October stated that the number of multifamily construction permits and starts were up from the levels...
Multifamily starts forecast lower
Fannie Mae’s October economic and housing forecast predicts lower multifamily starts in both 2023 and 2024 than called for in last month’s forecast. Multifamily starts...
August multifamily construction starts down sharply
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for August stated that the number of multifamily permits issued and unit completions were up from the...
Multifamily starts slowdown forecast to come later
Fannie Mae’s September economic and housing forecast predicts higher multifamily starts in 2023 but lower multifamily starts in 2024 than called for in last...
IPA finds deep local drops in multifamily construction starts
While the Census Bureau reports on multifamily construction starts at the national level, they do not supply data at the state or metro levels....
Fannie Mae examines multifamily construction pipeline
The multifamily commentary that accompanied Fannie Mae’s monthly forecast for August reported on the number of units in the multifamily construction pipeline. In doing...
