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The recently released MIT study, “The Future of Solar Energy,” takes an in-depth look at the solar power industry, and provides up-to-date information on the costs and expected savings from residential solar installation. Despite...

“The apartment industry hasn’t looked this good in some time,” said Jeff Adler, VP and general manager of Yardi Matrix during an interview with MHP in July. Yardi Matrix is a business development tool...

That’s where numbers become important. Numbers drive our operations, set our projections and bear our cash flow, and right now the numbers are some of the best most of us have seen, and a...

The code now permits light-framed buildings of wood or steel, which are often faster and less expensive to build than equivalent heavy-framed structures, to reach eight stories and up to 85-ft. high—just shy of...

He said the move “would serve as a national model,” according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. While the L.A. move could prompt other U.S. cities and states to follow suit, and push...

Today, CRM pervades the way many companies track and measure how they interact with other organizations, across many departments: marketing, sales, customer service, support, and others. CRM made it possible to determine precisely who...

“Rent-stabilized tenants are paying more than 30 percent of the incomes on rent,” said Harvey Epstein, a tenant member of the city’s rent-setting Rent Guidelines Board, at a recent meeting. “That ain’t right. The...

How do you choose those precious moments when you think you’ll be feeling your best to do the most challenging work? And what’s the best way to ride out any lulls? What the experts say “It’s...

The question before the court was: Can you be found guilty of racial discrimination if you never engaged in policies that had any intent to discriminate? Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity lays...

And, they’re expecting equally satisfying results from communities underway and in their pipelines. Equity Residential “There is absolutely no doubt that we continue to enjoy very strong apartment demand across our core markets,” said Equity Residential...

After a temblor we always check for the intensity and the epicenter. It’s a ritual that comes with living on a fault line. Perhaps a lot like living in today’s economy. And just as...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each purchased more than $10 billion in multifamily loans in the first quarter of 2015, providing financing for more than 274,000 apartment units. The problem is, both GSEs operate...

Apartment rents grew more quickly in April than in any other month since the recovery from the financial crisis, according to data released by MPF Research on May 11. “Rent growth in April 2015...

“The general consensus is that there is no consensus and nothing will get done this year,” says Clifton Rodgers, senior vice president for The Real Estate Roundtable. Despite the long odds, apartment experts continue to...

But these bills might mask a trend of the past two decades among those with sincerely held religious beliefs: Workers are increasingly bringing theology into the office, factory, retail space and public sphere and...