Freddie and Fannie, how low can you go?
"The Congress really took a hard look at our industry's lobbying efforts to create a more balanced housing policy," Camden Property Trust CEO Ric Campo told analysts during the apartment REIT's Q2 earnings call,...
Truth and consequences
"America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who -- with their hands, their intelligence and their heart -- built the greatest nation...
Nationally, renter quality improving
This could be good news for apartment owners and operators, but many of these renters come with fiscal risk, or do they? The latest numbers suggest that high-barrier markets will continue to be fertile...
1M lease online
Representing a historic milestone for the multifamily industry, this ever-expanding volume suggests that providing online availability has become a significant component of rental operation. The VaultWare engine, a product of Realty DataTrust, is the apartment...
The high price of social networking
The presenter introduces this new concept, while providing ways for marketing attendees to create a social network at their communities. Leasing Agent Suzie goes home and signs up for the free program, believing she...
A housing bill for the birds
No doubt. Mortgage companies became lax in their lending standards in past years. There is, however, an incredible upside few talk about, though it sure was a great thing awhile ago: A number of...
Is that a lease on the line?
In a sense, I approach our marketing and advertising strategy the same way. I am constantly watching how market conditions are affecting my "catch" (the potential resident) and current conditions look increasingly murky. Around the...
Northern star rising
Between September 2006 and May 2007, the fifth largest multifamily REIT in the country purchased nine tired apartment communities that housed 2,184 units in Addison, all of which will be demolished sequentially to make...
River rising
The addition of 63,985 units last year propelled the nation's largest apartment management services company to the number three spot in the National Multi Housing Council's (NMHC) 2008 annual ranking of Top 50 management...
Picking up the pieces
They've been called opportunity funds, distressed funds and, in less polite terms, vulture funds, but no matter what you call them, today there are plenty. For the past two years, domestic and foreign investors...
Housing Bill deemed most significant in a generation
Significantly, the measure represents a balanced approach to housing policy by trimming home-ownership incentives, and balancing single- family incentives with expanded rental housing incentives. Here are some highlights: FHA foreclosure rescue This creates a refinance program for...
The envelope please.
The dynamic, edgy look with lots of steel and glass, concrete and brick, variations of color and texture and dramatic features like bays of different depths, overhangs, staggered roof lines and building heights and...
You da man, Sam
Multifamily, after all, is the complete package: We have the bling (Pillars). We have the style (Luxury). And we're not only good looking, we're smart (Time). We sit at the controls of an industry that fuels...
Pick one, then keep it to yourself.
At her previous job, Samantha Smith, was the lone conservative in a 10-person office--something her more liberal co-workers were happy to tease her about after she shared her views on hot-button issues like same-sex...
