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Strained is one key word.

The firm's goal was to align maturities on the portfolio and to hedge the fund's interest rate risk by swapping to fixed-rate debt at closing.

Phillipsburg's apartment stock, "is continuing its historically stabilized run, recording a rent appreciation rate of five percent in the past year,” says Stephen Tragash, Gebroe-Hammer Associates senior vice president.

Steve Fifield of Century West Partners says that new legislation will hinder apartment starts next year.

Most investors still involved in the SFR markets now view it as a good long-term play in an asset class that is early on in its maturity and with much room for innovation, ATTOM Data's Daren Blomquist tells GlobeSt.com.

When we asked that question to Karlin Conklin of Investors Management Group, based on a few comments we have heard over the past year or so, the principal and EVP says it is here to stay and provides a much needed opportunity in CRE today.

The number of adults with developmental disabilities is increasing at a much greater rate than the general population, accelerating the demand for this type of housing, Villa de Vida's Hunter Christian tells GlobeSt.com.

Despite general pricing inflation lately, "the markets do not appear to be suffering from the irrational exuberance that has characterized the end of other expansions,” Transwestern's McNearney says.