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WMRE Daily

AUGUST 26, 2022

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Steep Rent Hikes Intensify Focus on Lack of Affordable Housing

Despite the hefty increases, some apartment owners say rents for many tenants remain below accepted affordability ceilings.

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The illiquid nature of private real estate investments is one of the biggest challenges for both sponsors and investors. One firm that's hoping to change that is Realto Inc., which has built a web-based marketplace aimed at providing a method for secondary trading of illiquid real estate and alternative securities.

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Blackstone Single-Family Landlord to Halt Home Purchases in 38 Cities

Home Partners isn’t first large investor to back away from the US housing market, which reached a frenzied state during the first half of the year.

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11 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

U.S. and Canadian pension funds are cutting back on their office investments, reports The Wall Street Journal. Companies including Apple, Honda and Mazda are looking at relocating their manufacturing facilities away from China, according to Fortune. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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