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    What multifamily firms bought and sold this summer

    Camden made a major sale while firms like Knightvest, the Scion Group and Tishman Speyer acquired new properties.

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    Construction costs have moderated, but apartment development remains challenging

    Multifamily firms are mixed on whether greater contractor competition and more stable materials prices have opened up opportunities in new markets.

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    Over 2,600 landlords slated for compensation for COVID eviction freeze losses

    The government could pay $1 billion or more after a federal court ruled that the CDC’s pandemic policy violated landlords’ Fifth Amendment rights, a lawyer on the Darby case said.

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    Fair housing construction accessibility complaints now have a deadline, HUD says

    Accessibility claims related to multifamily building design and construction must be filed within one year of the initial certificate of occupancy, the new guidance says.

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    Grand Peaks buys Oregon apartment property

    The Denver-based firm added the 424-unit property in Beaverton and plans to announce a new Colorado development in the next couple of weeks.

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    Multifamily conferences still ahead in the second half of 2026

    Multifamily Dive has apartment pros covered with a full list of upcoming rental housing events, expos and meetings.

    Updated June 26, 2026
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    For affordable housing fund, Cleveland embraces private partnerships

    The city launched a fund to build up to 3,000 affordable housing units using leftover American Rescue Plan Act money.

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    Apartment cap rates inched up to 5.6% in July: MSCI

    Camden Property Trust’s sale of an 11-property Southern California portfolio to a BlackRock-managed vehicle boosted portfolio trades, but overall sales fell 16% YOY to $12.4 billion.

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    Kennedy Wilson, Shimizu Corp. partner on $139M multifamily build in Georgia

    The 382-unit Atlanta-area Caldwell project is Kennedy Wilson’s first ground-up apartment development in the state.

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    Vivmark a potential ‘blue chip’ stock for investors: JPM analyst

    Current mediocre earnings growth in the sector is a drag, but by 2028,  “successful integration alongside improved fundamentals could make growth appear very compelling,” according to JP Morgan’s Anthony Paolone.

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    Scion Group acquires a 2,316-bed student housing portfolio for $400M

    With the purchase of the four-property portfolio from SCHENK+, Chicago-based Scion expands its presence at Texas State University, the University of Tennessee and the University of Georgia.

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    Social housing program gets city task force sign-off in Portland, Maine

    The task force encouraged the city to establish pilot programs aimed at complementing the “tools that we already have” to address affordable housing, a city councilmember said.

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    Fairfield buys West Palm Beach property

    Cortland sold the 812-unit asset for $208 million in a market that continues to see new deliveries, according to The Real Deal.

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    Opinion

    While HUD recently ‘de-authorized’ emotional support animals, housing providers should proceed cautiously

    The new guidance may seem like welcome news for landlords, but they should not automatically deny requests involving untrained ESAs, a housing compliance lawyer says.

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    Warsh pledges to slow inflation to 2%, saying Fed may have ‘work to do’

    The comments by Warsh prompted futures traders to increase the odds that policymakers next month will push up the main interest rate.

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    Q&A

    Inside Bonaventure’s long-term ownership strategy

    The firm is leveraging HUD debt and artificial intelligence to pursue deals it has “a really high conviction on,” says CFO Stephen Burch.

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    Opinion

    Multifamily’s next phase will reward discipline over momentum

    Morgan Properties’ chief operating officer says the strongest operators will be those that protect occupancy, manage costs and leverage technology and disciplined capital strategies to navigate the uneven near-term recovery.

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    Former EQR exec Robert Garechana joins Sun Communities as CFO

    The REIT’s former chief investment officer joins the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities firm after more than 20 years at Equity Residential.

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    Multifamily new supply set to bottom out in 2027

    Yardi Matrix’s third-quarter Multifamily Supply Forecast anticipates a modest rebound in apartment deliveries after 2027, but a return to the high levels of 2024 and 2025 is unlikely.

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    Notable multifamily policy and legal moves from this summer

    Apartment permitting, land use, junk fees and heat violations are among the issues state and local officials have tackled recently.

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    Wingspan Development, UrbanStreet partner to ramp up multifamily production

    The Chicago-area firms have joined to “activate more projects quicker,” according to the CEO of Nicholas Family of Cos.

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    Core Spaces opens 6,000 new student beds in 6 developments

    The Chicago-based real estate developer, which targets Tier 1 university markets, said it finished all the projects ahead of schedule and has another 54,000 beds in development across the country.

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    Rents are rising faster in Chicago than other US cities. The mayor wants rental reform.

    The proposed reforms target “hidden junk fees” and establish an administrative body to handle rental complaints. Industry groups are pushing back.

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    Multifamily distress reports put New York in the spotlight

    While the Big Apple saw changes to multiple commercial mortgage-backed securities loans for apartment communities in August, properties in Memphis, Tennessee, and Cincinnati entered servicing.

    Updated Aug. 26, 2026
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    Beyond the Rent: The economic signals multifamily leaders should watch this fall

    Apartment professionals should keep an eye on the war in Iran, a possible Federal Reserve rate hike and ballooning U.S. debt, among other things.