Joe Gose is a freelance writer interested in compelling business trends and stories around the country. He has primarily focused on real estate development, finance and fundamentals for the last 23 years—the last 17 as a freelancer after leaving the Kansas City Star—and has written for numerous business and consumer publications.
Institutional Capital Beating Bushes for Value-Add Deals
The strategy aligns with reset prices and firming fundamentals in select submarkets.
Multifamily Investors Returning as Values Stabilize
With construction tapering, confidence is making a comeback.
Discount Deals Signal a New Cycle
Price adjustments present opportunities for stabilized property purchases.
Office-to-Residential Conversions: Making the Choice
How to evaluate whether your project will work.
Why Student Housing Scores High Marks
Supply and demand imbalances at big schools are fueling investment and development interest.
More Distress Looms in Multifamily Finance. Here’s Why.
The debt category that’s especially at risk, and potential strategies for borrowers.
How Will the Affordable Senior Housing Gap Be Filled?
What’s driving the supply-demand mismatch, and ideas for making projects work.
How the GSEs Are Proving Vital Once Again
Entering 2023 with $150 billion for multifamily funding, Fannie and Freddie are providing capital when others retreat.
How Student Housing Investors Are Solving Today’s Financing Problem
Higher interest rates and lower leverage may make loans and deals more difficult, but transactions continue to get done.
How Long Can Rents Offset Apartment Development Challenges?
Borrowing and construction costs pressure investment returns, but rental increases still make new projects possible.