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    Vivmark boosted August sales, but apartment prices fell 4.7% YOY

    As the “merger of equals” closed, transaction volume jumped 402% YOY to $80.5 billion, but individual trades continue to slump.

    By • Sept. 24, 2026
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    Wallick names senior vice president of asset management

    Newly promoted Jeannie Clayton said the “future of affordable housing will require innovation, collaboration, and persistence.”

    By • Sept. 23, 2026
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    Top 5 stories from Multifamily Dive

    A roundup of some of Multifamily Dive’s top stories so far this year.

    By Multifamily Dive staff
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    RREEF Property Trust to liquidate CRE holdings

    The firm, which has a pair of apartment properties, “never got scale and they never gained traction,” as smaller, nontraded REITs continue to face challenges, according to Robert A. Stanger & Co.'s Michael Covello.

    By • Sept. 23, 2026
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    Blackfin, Enterprise Community Partners team up for Nashville deal

    As supply wears off in Music City, the firms secured Brookridge Apartments, a 177-unit, garden-style multifamily community in Tennessee’s Antioch submarket.

    By • Sept. 22, 2026
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    TruAmerica’s Bay Area buy, plus 6 other trades you may have missed last week

    Bell Partners and Standard Real Estate Investments are among the multifamily players that announced acquisitions over the past seven days.

    By • Sept. 21, 2026
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    How one family firm went from the carnival business to more than 17,000 apartment units

    Westland Real Estate Group traces its history to the California State Fair, but now it's one of the biggest players in Las Vegas, according to CFO Shimon Greenspan.

    By • Sept. 21, 2026
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    Trump nominates new HUD assistant secretary

    Matt Jones is currently deputy assistant secretary for single-family housing at HUD and has a deep background in mortgage finance.

    By • Sept. 21, 2026
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    Multifamily experts react to Fed’s first rate hike in 3 years

    Apartment leaders are watching Treasury rates, though the central bank’s increase will “keep the current malaise slogging along,” said Eastham Capital’s Matthew Rosenthal.

    By • Sept. 16, 2026
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    Multifamily CMBS servicing rate declined, delinquencies stayed flat in August: Trepp

    CRED iQ also reported that delinquencies on bank-held loans fell in Q2. However, some investors say lenders are growing more aggressive in working out problem loans.

    By • Sept. 16, 2026
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    Producer price index rises on energy price surge, lifts odds of Fed hike

    The fresh inflation data prompted traders in interest rate futures to increase the probability that the Federal Reserve will push up the main rate.

    By Jim Tyson • Sept. 11, 2026
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    How multifamily buyers, sellers are navigating rising Treasury yields

    Apartment investors are taking a cautious approach and watching day-to-day rate fluctuations as they price new deals.

    By • Sept. 11, 2026
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    Mandel Group, Cottonwood merge management platforms, part of portfolio

    The alliance comes as a wave of multifamily firms of all sizes join forces.

    By • Sept. 10, 2026
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    Centerspace, Independence Realty Trust merge to create $8.1B REIT

    The IRT-Centerspace combination shows that multifamily REITs of all stripes are chasing scale as the costs of doing business continue to rise.

    By • Sept. 9, 2026
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    Where Crow Holdings sees ‘green shoots’ in the rental market

    Despite some high-profile exits, the Dallas-based developer still sees potential in California and other metros across the country, according to Sean Rae, senior managing director in the Capital Markets Group.

    By • Sept. 8, 2026
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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.

    By • Sept. 3, 2026
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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.

    By • Sept. 1, 2026
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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.

    By • Sept. 1, 2026
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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.

    By • Aug. 31, 2026
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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.

    By Jim Tyson • Aug. 28, 2026
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    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.

    By • Aug. 28, 2026
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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.

    By • Aug. 26, 2026
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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.

    By • 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.

    By • Aug. 24, 2026
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    With the return of banks, debt options in multifamily flourish in 2026

    The agencies also remain strong options, though some multifamily borrowers still report that it's difficult to get deals done.

    By • Aug. 21, 2026
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    Camden CEO talks Sun Belt optimism, EQR-AVB merger

    In conversation with Multifamily Dive, Alex Jessett explains why "every 25- to 34-year-old in America" wants to live in Nashville or Austin and why newly formed Vivmark has "no impact" on the REIT.

    By • Aug. 19, 2026