Silver Linings
From his Memphis, Tenn., office, Simon Wadsworth conjures the Oracle of Omaha when assessing the current environment.
The Next Generation
Passionate about affordable housing, innovative, and enterprising are all fitting descriptions for AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE's 2009 Young Leaders.
Boosting revenue with change orders
Setting up a storefront
Sealed crawlspace testing sheds new light on energy performance ; Advanta shuts down its credit cards; students win clean-energy prize for rice-husk insulation panels; more
Latent Power
When Trinity Property Consultants began its search for revenue management software, it naturally turned to the industry’s two leading offerings, Rainmaker’s LRO and Real- Page’s YieldStar.
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Waiting Game
KEVIN LARAMIER IS THE director of student housing for Birmingham, Mich.-based brokerage firm Hendricks and Partners.
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Batten Down the Hatches
2009 is a year to work on things you can control and tread lightly on new ventures. It is not a time to sit on your hands, but it is also not a year for taking great risks.
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AIMCO Consolidates Senior Management
Denver-based Apartment Investment and Management Co. (AIMCO) has decided to consolidate its senior management ranks
If you don’t have an online presence yet, now’s a good time to start.
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Open for Business
Freddie Mac was still providing competitively priced permanent debt for 9 percent low-income housing tax credit deals and actively quoting variable-rate bond credit enhancements in mid-December 2008.
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Above and Beyond
Citi Community Capital tops AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE's list of top lenders, originating about $1.8 billion in debt in 2007, or more than $400 million more than it posted in last year's survey.
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People
Richard L. McQuady has been named CEO of Kentucky Housing Corp.
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People
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has named Dan Bartholomay as commissioner of Minnesota Housing, the state housing agency.
Virtual Filing Cabinets
While the promise of a truly paperless office is still many years away, affordable housing companies are getting one step closer through document management applications.
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MuniMae to Sell LIHTC Business
Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, (MuniMae) has agreed to sell substantially all of its low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) business to an affiliate of JEN Partners, LLC, a New York-based private equity real estate firm.
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Edward Mazria Receives Hanley Award for Visionand Leadership in Sustainable Housing
Washington, D.C.—Santa Fe, N.M., architect and champion of building energy efficiency Edward Mazria, AIA, was named this year’s winner of The 2009 Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing
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Boston Capital Asset Management Picked to Work with Arizona DOH
Boston Capital Asset Management (BCAM) has been selected to provide asset management services to the Arizona Department of Housing
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Goldman Sachs’ Fannie Bid Blocked
The Obama administration has blocked Goldman Sachs’ bid to buy a significant amount of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) from struggling Fannie Mae, according to several sources.
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NAHMA Launches New Mapping Program
The National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) has partnered with ApartmentSmart.com to launch NAHMA Maps, a Web-based mapping tool.