by Joe Stampone | Jul 22, 2022 | Market News, Multifamily
As I’ve noted many times before, I view this blog as a tool to clarify my thinking, vet ideas, and share my views at specific points in time. Given the volatility and uncertainty in the current market, I’ve spent more time reading, thinking and writing recently. The...
by Joe Stampone | Jun 26, 2022 | Market News, Multifamily
The multifamily market today is the strangest in my relatively short career (12 years). The range of potential economic outcomes is wide, and I certainly lack the experience to assess the impact inflation, rates, and a recession may have on the multifamily market over...
by Joe Stampone | May 21, 2022 | Development, Innovation, Multifamily
It’s an interesting time in the multifamily development space. Although rents have surged, construction costs, labor, and land prices have increased significantly as well, making it difficult to build anything but luxury projects designed for the affluent renter. At...
by Joe Stampone | Apr 16, 2022 | Development, Multifamily
After 12 years of living in cities, my family bought a house and moved to the suburbs in 2021. We settled in a classic North Jersey train line town, with idyllic tree-lined streets and vibrant downtown. It’s a great place to raise a family. For the most part, we’ve...
by Joe Stampone | Mar 20, 2022 | Market News, Multifamily, Value-Add
It’s no secret multifamily valuations are through the roof with cap rates at all-time lows as capital pours into multifamily real estate, especially in high-growth southeast markets. In addition to cap rate compression, we’re experiencing unprecedented rent growth,...
by Joe Stampone | Jan 17, 2022 | Career, Multifamily, Start a Company
I used to be a religious reader of the Howard Marks memos, but at some point they started to get a bit repetitive…“move forward, but with caution…” However, his most recent, Selling Out, really resonated with me. I’ve always believed real estate is best held...
