Daily News: 4-14-26

Phoenix apartment rents edge modestly higher in the first quarter Broad dispersion across locations and quality segment. The average asking rent at Phoenix multifamily properties ticked up 0.1% in the month of March, extending a four-month winning streak that began in December of last year. Last month’s performance translates into a 0.4% rent gain for […]

Daily News: 4-13-26

Freddie Mac to Integrate Small Balance Loans Into Conventional Platform Since 2015, Freddie Mac Multifamily has financed over 17,000 loans totaling over $47 billion as part of its Small Balance Loan (SBL) program. While the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) plans to remain active in the small loan space, it is making changes so the program isn’t […]

Daily News: 4-8-26

U.S. REITs Outperform Broader Market Equities in Q1 2026 REITs have outperformed broad market equities year to date, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index posting a total return of 3.8%, Nareit reported. During the same time period, the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market fell 4.0% and the Russell 1000 fell 4.2%. However, […]

Daily News: 4-6-26

That dormant building on Camelback Road in Phoenix? It may soon open Residents could begin moving in to One Camelback, the long-dormant office-to-apartment conversion project on Central Avenue and Camelback Road, by the end of this year. Much of the work is nearly done at the long-awaited development, with many of the luxury apartment units […]

Daily News: 4-3-26

Luxury apartments add to fast-growing Phoenix city Companies and Merit Partners recently wrapped a more than four-year journey to open Stately Avondale in Avondale, Arizona. Renters began moving into the 286-unit development at 12375 W. Van Buren St. in late March. The units are a mix of primarily one- and two-bedroom apartments and some three-bedroom […]

Daily News: 4-2-26

Commercial Real Estate Rapid data center expansion could strain city budgets, create credit risk The explosion in demand for data center capacity and rapid planning to get projects off the ground could pose a risk to local governments’ creditworthiness. As developers and investors tout tax revenues for communities, the facilities could also drive economic concentration […]