XXX fearbig rise in成本大幅度上漲apartment-construction公寓設施costsnext year
Copper, drywall and other apartment-constructioncosts probably will rise at least 5 percentnext year,成本可能上漲至少5個百分點
estimated 6 percent to 8 percent inflationnext year. 預計有6到8個百分點的.浮動
"We’ve seen it start to moderate, but we expect inflation,"我們看到它趨於平穩，但是我們希望它有浮動
"adding that lumberprices have declined while other prices have risen."木材價格 下降了但是其他價格上升了`Forevery one that comes down,two seem to have gone up. 這個是很好的用法，我不想翻譯，一物下降，百物上升Copperhas gone ’s extremely expensive to build apartments.’’
AvalonBay, based in Alexandria, Virginia, BRE and other real estate investment trusts that own apartment buildingshave benefited as rising mortgage rates and slowing price appreciationfor houses and condominiums have spurred people to rent rather than buy. Rising rents should helpoffsethigher construction costs, Scott and Griggs said.
"Weanticipate strong rent growth," said Griggs, whose company owns and manages 78 apartment complexes with 21,978 units in California, Arizona, Washington and Colorado. "
"We’re very pleased with our markets right now."