So Moody's Investors Service reported late last week that multifamily delinquencies rose by nearly a full percentage point between October and November 2009, to 7.4%. That figure is up from 5.51% at midyear, and from 1.85% in November 2008. There's no question things are getting worse for apartments. In...

Of all product types, apartments account for the greatest net investment for these non-listed trusts in 2009.

Apartment development has slowed down significantly over the past several quarters. That restraint on the part of developers makes sense, given current market conditions. But now, it's perhaps gotten to a point where some in the industry are wondering how much lower things can go. The latest government...

At this time last year, it was expected that the apartment sector would emerge in 2009 as the market-leading property type in terms of performance and investor demand. This has occurred, to a point-compared to its counterparts in the other property types, multifamily assets rank at the top of the list...

'People need a lot more flexibility than they had before.'

'People need a lot more flexibility than they had before.'

Sule Aygoren Carranza is the New York City-based editor of Real Estate Forum and multifamily editor for GlobeSt.com. She has been reporting on commercial real estate since 2001 and has received numerous awards for her coverage of the industry. A cum laude graduate from Hobart & William Smith Colleges,...

The third quarter numbers are in, and by all appearances, multifamily REITs are preparing to stay afloat in 2010.