The envelope, please…
"These finalists not only survived the bad times, but also produced fine work and should be commended," said Charles R. Brindell, Jr., chair of NAHB's Multifamily Leadership Board, CEO of Mill Creek Residential Trust...
Making hay while the sun shines
"The economy appears to be on a path of sustainable growth. U.S. businesses have healthy balance sheets and plenty of liquidity-consumer debt has declined to levels not seen since the early 90s," said AvalonBay...
Winning the big data game
Tech insiders whisper about big data as if it is the pandora's box of the future, and everyone wants to be prepared to take advantage of its value. Many are familiar with the basic...
Data to dollars: a story of the relentless American business
Storytelling may, indeed, be the secret to life. I come from a long line of storytellers. Hailing from a large Catholic family, you either perfected the craft and rose to the top of the...
Everyone loves to be sold
The common thread throughout this wide and diverse sea of goods is identifying a solid value to the intended market.
Here’s a secret. Selling is not that hard. If you understand human behavior, you’re practically...
Space, the new frontier
We live in an age of disruption and the multifamily industry, historically slow to adapt to change, is especially at risk. NMHC’s 2018 Consumer Housing Insights Survey, alongside an in-depth trends report, Disruption: How...
That upon which you focus, becomes your reality
A ship once found itself lost at sea. After a time, the crew’s drinking water ran seriously low. The parched sailors were certain they would die until, miraculously, another ship came within view.
The distressed...
Three-comma deal
Willy Walker, Walker & Dunlop Chairman and CEO, commented, “It is a true honor to have been selected by Greystar to finance the largest transaction in its illustrious history. The Walker & Dunlop team,...
Backyard bonuses
California is one of the nation’s largest housing under-producers.
While wages for most Americans have barely budged during this 20-year period, rising home prices and rents have caused homelessness to reach epic proportions in the...
After the deluge
Residents of UDR, Inc.'s Rivergate, 95 Wall and 10 Hanover Square were not among the uninformed.
The 40-year-old apartment REIT, which entered New York City with the purchase of the 493-unit 10 Hanover Square in...
The power of perspective
The story then backs up on itself. The scene is played again, she doesn't drop her keys, and makes the train.
The plot then splits into two parallel stories: all from a point of dissection...
Getting the green light
In January, NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe told attendees at NAHB Builder's show in Orlando, Fla., that he expects 2011's selling season for single-family homes to beat out 2010, with job growth providing an...
Apartment market weathers the storm of new supply
Apartment landlords can no longer raise rents like they used to. So many new apartment units are opening that the vacancy rate is inching higher across the country.
This year “will likely remain challenging for...
World’s pollution rises 3 percent
The overwhelming majority of the increase was from China, the world's biggest carbon-dioxide polluter. Of the planet's top 10 polluters, the U.S. and Germany were the only countries that reduced their carbon-dioxide emissions.
Last year,...
All in the multi family
Formed in 2003 by Nancy and Jeff Stack, the Cystinosis Research Foundation, is an astonishing story of what is possible when caring and compassionate friends and family respond to a little girl's wish "for...
