Multifamily

The government shutdown is not just affecting federal agency employees' ability to make their mortgage or rent payments, it could take them out of the home buying market, Zillow said.

Freddie Mac completed its first multifamily credit risk transfer transaction that used an insurance/reinsurance structure.

Freddie Mac issued its first non-low-income housing tax credit forward commitment, providing financing for an affordable housing development in Minnesota.

New-home construction rebounded last month to the best pace since August while permits rose to a seven-month high, a sign homebuilding is potentially stabilizing even as higher prices and borrowing costs pose headwinds.

Dividing the transaction into two tranches allowed the GSE to tailor the transaction to the risk appetite of participants, lowering the cost of reinsurance.

The nation is suffering from a housing affordability crisis and lower construction costs and increased government subsidies can ease the pain, consumers state in a National Association of Home Builders survey.

The performance of loans included in commercial mortgage-backed securities improved for the fifth consecutive quarter, with delinquencies down 179 basis points over the time frame, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Federal Housing Administration's risk-sharing program with the Federal Financing Bank began as a temporary fix, but the agency is exploring how to make it more permanent.

New-home construction picked up in October on a rebound in apartments and other multifamily housing, offering some hope that the market is stabilizing despite rising prices and borrowing costs.

Challenges will likely increase as interest rates rise and investors grow more concerned about a downward turn in the economic cycle.

Now that Akron, Ohio, has named the buyer, the estimated $20 million redevelopment of the CitiCenter Building joins a glut of downtown projects competing for private funding, public tax breaks and future tenants.

Minnesota Housing will invest $87.5 million in 1,700 new and existing housing units for low-income Minnesotans this year.

Real estate and mortgage industry groups outspent proponents 3-to-1 to defeat Proposition 10, a measure to allow California municipalities to set local rent control laws.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is leaving the government-sponsored enterprises' multifamily caps for 2019 unchanged at $35 billion per agency, but is making other changes to prerequisites for excluded loans.

More affordable housing options are on the way for Coney Island residents.

New York's Department of Housing Preservation and Development has released a "Speculation Watch List" of rent-regulated homes sold that the agency said could potentially put tenants at risk.

After a massive fire gutted the Ice House townhome project in West Oakland recently — the latest in a series of suspicious blazes targeting residential construction projects — developers and housing experts say the fallout could ultimately hit the pockets of Oaklanders already struggling to rent or own homes in the city.

High property values and low mortgage rates pushed commercial and multifamily originations beyond their projected totals in 2017 to a new market peak, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

High-rise living, once a rarity in Southern California, is gaining new favor as reviving urban centers such as downtown L.A. and Hollywood attract thousands of new residents in search of neighborhoods with a big-city feel.

With the home selling season winding down and autumn in full swing, here's a look at the cities where both home purchase prices and monthly rents are starting to ease.