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The 1031 Exchange Is Not What You Think

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

HFO Partner Greg Frick recently sat down with Mark Adams, managing director at Accruit, the third-largest qualified intermediary in the country and the largest independent of any title company to discuss 1031 exchanges.

Oregon and Washington News Update

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

Portland’s largest apartment buildings face a potential carbon-compliance track, Washington’s rent cap gets its first major court test, and a Multnomah County jury turns a $287 repair dispute into a $32,000 verdict. Listen for news updates that affect multifamily owners and developers!

Eager Lenders, Slow Market - The State of Multifamily Lending

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

Today we're talking money. Specifically, the debt and equity that makes every apartment deal possible. Our partner Greg Frick recently sat down with Matt Dzbanek, senior director of capital services at GREA, Global Real Estate Advisors, the national partnership HFO belongs to. Dzbanek places debt and equity coast to coast and has closed loans in nearly all 50 states, which gives him a national view most of us do not get.

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch Update for Q2 2026

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

Today we are going to talk about a gap. This is not a supply gap, although we will get to that. I mean the gap between what the headlines say about this market and what the closing tables show. Because in Q2, those two things told very different stories, and the closing tables were a lot more revealing.

The Insurance Market Is Turning — But Watch Your Umbrella

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

Good news today for apartment owners who have spent the last two years watching property insurance premiums climb. The market is turning. But before you relax completely, there's a new pressure point moving to umbrella liability coverage that you really need to understand. We will get into both.

Public-Private Partnerships: A Path Forward When Market-Rate Deals Won't Pencil

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

Today we are looking at a development model that is getting a lot more attention in Oregon and Washington right now — public-private partnerships. And we are going to get into why they are suddenly interesting to developers who wouldn't have given them much thought three years ago.

Washington State Multifamily News Update

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

Washington saw several significant developments this week. The Ballmer Group announced one of the largest private affordable housing commitments in state history. Puget Sound housing permits fell to their lowest level in a decade while the region experienced job losses. Washington's rent cap law completed its first full year of enforcement. The Spokane Tribe of Indians continued its major expansion into the Puget Sound multifamily market, and state agencies began adapting ahead of HUD's new federal homelessness funding priorities.

Oregon and SW Washington Multifamily News Update

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

This week we are reviewing a couple of events that are important for the Multifamily Market including a proposal to convert vacant Portland storefronts into housing, leadership changes at Home Forward, a major waterfront redevelopment in Ridgefield, a lawsuit involving Apartments.com's payment platform, and two federal housing policy updates.

Nearly a Decade of Inclusionary Zoning: What Portland’s Experiment Actually Produced

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

If you’ve been watching Portland’s apartment market for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the term “inclusionary zoning” thrown around a lot. Today I want to walk you through what that program actually produced over nearly a decade, what changed, and what it means for owners and investors going forward.

Oregon Multifamily Legislative Update For June 2026

HFO Multifamily Marketwatch

Oregon's multifamily housing industry brought a unified message to Salem last week and found legislators in both parties willing to listen. Today we are covering what was discussed and what it signals for the 2027 legislative session.

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