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Each year, the D.C.-based Student Housing Conference helps senior execs avoid mistakes -- and fire up profits -- in the sizzling student housing niche. At the event, sponsored by the National Multi Housing Council, pros...

In what has become a media market increasingly cluttered with fishing poles, today's multifamily advertising agencies have to be more creative than ever to effectively catch renters. With that in mind, AP talked to...

As luxury multifamily housing development goes, call 80 South Street the high, high end. Last year, the design world buzzed with the conceptual renderings of renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. His first ever residential project,...

With energy costs on the rise, apartment owners could save thousands of dollars each year by retrofitting laundry rooms with energy-efficient equipment. A new study -- commissioned by the state of Wisconsin and conducted by...

Southern California Community Targets Creative Minds. Only in Burbank? Why not. The Southern California suburb has gradually filled with writers, actors, makeup artists, editors, cinematographers, EPs, DPs, gaps, grips and other creative types over the last few...

Sales of apartments to converters generated a record $13.3 billion last year, and this year's numbers could be even higher. But has the market already reached the top? Amid rampant speculation that the recently white-hot...

The Property Management Association in Washington, D.C., is the biggest little regional nonprofit of its kind. Boasting a membership of 600 property management pros -- and 400 products and services firms -- the association...

A boom in the sale of disaster-proofing materials is being fueled by changing building codes and runaway insurance costs. Hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes and floods have always been around. But simply put, there are now...

The high court sided with the city of New London, Conn. in a lawsuit brought against it by nine homeowners. The city sought to seize the homes and bulldoze them to make way for...

Because of their hectic schedules, many property owners and managers put off budget planning until the deadline approaches. But operating without a detailed budget -- prepared with proper time and care -- is like...

On August 9, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by another quarter-point. The move, in response to inflationary pressures that include growing energy prices, pushed the Federal funds rate up to 3.5 percent....

Nobody's perfect -- not at work, not anyplace else -- thank goodness. Still, if you ask the execs at human resources/staffing consulting firm Talent Plus, it's perfectly reasonable for employers to expect "near perfect" performance...

When your future residents find you online, will they browse and move on to the next website? Maybe they'll send an email inquiry or pick up the phone. Or maybe not. In this world of...

Stop by the recreation room for the typical "active adults" housing community these days, and you might have trouble stirring up a game of backgammon, bridge, or any of the other pastimes traditionally ascribed...

eBay's purchase of Rent.com for $415 million should trigger a moment of pause for all apartment professionals. The ability of CEO Scott Ingraham, President Allan Hunter and their whole team to build an online...