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Holding Their Own
AS IN MUCH OF THE NATION, the Minneapolis/St. Paul apartment market shifted dramatically during the past few years.
Gateway City Opens Up
THE ST. LOUIS ECONOMY has begun to see the light at the end of the recession’s tunnel.
Waiting on Gen Y
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP. Despite today’s large excess inventory of apartments, the upcoming wave of Gen Y renters, coupled with the dearth of new construction in recent years, is expected to shift the balance over the next few years enough to get effective
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Lenders, Investors Struggle to Define Value and Market Metrics
While the transaction market is slowly starting to pick up, multifamily financiers continue to struggle to define value and get a handle on the strength of local markets.
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Economists Say Outlook for Apartment Finance Sector is Mixed
Call it cautious optimism. Unclear but not dire. Choppy. Mixed. Whatever you call it, the economic outlook is, at best, uncertain. So concluded a panel of powerhouse economists at the 2010 Apartment Finance Today Conference in Fort Lauderdale yesterday.
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Tom Bozzuto Offers Lessons for Recession Survival
Tom Bozzuto, the chairman of Greenbelt, Md.-based The Bozzuto Group, is also a real estate veteran, with 40 years of experience under his belt. So the recession survival guide he offered a group of apartment finance professionals this week at the 2010 Apartment Finance Today Conference in Fort...
Getting Housing Back on Track
The first months on the job for Gloria L. Materre, executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA), have been busy.
LIHTC Syndicators Hope for Recovery
The outlook for the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) market is better in 2010 than last year, according to syndicators.
Working Our Way Out
THE GREAT RECESSION arrived quickly and dramatically, but the climb out is happening at a much slower, more modest speed.
Burning Off the June Gloom
OF THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL real estate “food groups,” multifamily has always enjoyed particularly good strength in San Diego.
Emerald City Imbalance
EVEN AS THE RECESSION subsides in Seattle, the hangover endures.
Recession Lessons
The Great Recession has claimed among its victims some of the industry's largest owners and developers.
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Developers Diversify to Stay Recession-Proof
Some developers are surviving, and even thriving, in today's market by re-engineering thier business plans and turning thier focus to recession-resistant sectors such as the receivership business, student housing, and historic renovations. The overriding trend is to diversify.
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Fannie, Freddie 2009 Production Numbers Point to 2010 Trends
The GSEs released thier 2009 volume numbers, and the steep declines in production mirror an industry that continues to bounce around the bottom. Still, the figures indicate what strategies each GSE will employ in 2010.
Exchange Rate
When outside temperatures are a chilly 32°F, Venmar’s EKO 1.5 heat-recovery ventilator (HRV) uses a polypropylene core to transfer up to 75 percent of the heat from the exhaust to the supply air, says the manufacturer.
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What Recession? Young Developer Delivers First Project Despite the Odds.
Fewer units are coming online these days, but one development newcomer in Southern California is determined to defy the odds. The 27-year-old just completed his first mixed-use deal and has begun work on a second.