Mortgage activity increased last week, as rates held steady in the mid-6% range, the Mortgage Bankers Association found. Processing Content The MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week prior for the week ending June 26, 2026. The Index increased 11% on […]
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You’ve probably heard plenty of doom and gloom about the housing market lately. High rates. Stretched budgets. Headlines that make buying or selling sound like a terrible idea. But the data tells a very different story. This isn’t 2020 or 2021. It was never going to be. Those were the “unicorn years” – historic low
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For years, the amenity playbook in multifamily was simple: build it, bundle it, absorb the cost and call it a competitive differentiator. Rooftop decks, co-working lounges and resort-style pools have all been baked into the rent, and all have been treated as overhead. The logic made sense when lease-ups were the priority and operators could
The amenity arms race is over. The profit center era has begun. Read More »