Existing-home sale prices reached a record median of $407,600 in May, while sales slid for the fourth consecutive month. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled since January.
Existing-home sale prices reached a record median of $407,600 in May, while sales slid for the fourth consecutive month. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled since January.
In 2021, rents for professionally managed apartments rose by almost 12%—more than triple the average recorded in the five years preceding the pandemic.
In 2020 and 2021, office conversions created a total of more than 13,000 apartments nationwide.
The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 5.78%, the highest level since November 2008 and well above the 3.11% recorded near the start of the year.
Retail property transaction volume in the U.S. surged last year to nearly $82 billion, a 24% increase from 2019. The enthusiasm continued in the first quarter of this year, with transaction volume hitting $25 billion by April 30, an 82% increase over the same period in 2021.
The total value of commercial property sales in April was $39.4 billion. That was the lowest amount since February of 2021.
Eight of the 10 major cities with the biggest drop in office occupancy during the pandemic had an average one-way commute of more than 30 minutes. Meanwhile, six of the 10 cities with the smallest drop in office occupancy have average commutes of less than 30 minutes.
The annual volume of rental-apartment purchases almost doubled between 2019 and 2021. In the first quarter of 2022, investors spent $63 billion on apartment buildings, the highest figure on record.
Originations at the 50 largest lenders fell 41% in the first quarter from a year earlier, with total mortgage volume expected to fall 37% for all of 2022.