As a percentage of rentable area under construction, speculative office development this year is at the highest percentage CoStar has seen over 13 years.

Property managers offered free rent to attract residents at roughly one-third (30.0 percent to 35.0 percent) of apartments in cities including Las Vegas, San Antonio and New York.

Despite this sector’s exemplary performance, it has become increasingly difficult for developers to secure construction loans from banks.

Thirty percent of JLL’s survey respondents ranked those property sub-types as “extremely desirable,” and another 56 percent ranked them as “very desirable.”

When REITs buy new buildings or start construction, they are showing a surprising focus on garden apartment properties.

After slowing down slightly in 2017, buyers are again pouring cash into purchases of student housing properties.

Investment sales volume for office assets in the suburbs is now outpacing sales in central business districts.

Apartment projects are becoming more expensive to build, straining development budgets.

Technology that make new connections to equipment that residents already use may be among the next offerings multifamily residents expect.

There continues to be a steady flow of capital, although the big banks have tightened their hold on construction loans.