Navigating uncertain times
If there is one word that best describes what’s impacting today’s multifamily market it’s uncertainty says National Apartment Association CEO Robert Pinnegar.
In the wake of the Federal Reserve’s seven interest rate hikes that began...
Fannie and Freddie: cool heads prevail warn regulators
The mortgage buyers, now controlled by the government, and their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are "facing challenging times," the agency's head Edward DeMarco told a congressional panel.
Republican lawmakers are leading efforts to...
Change in the air
What is yet unclear is what will replace them.
The GSEs are blamed in large part for the single-family finance bubble that led to the current economic downturn, and the country's leaders believe GSE reform...
Wake-up call
Globalization, flex hours and the work-at-home smartphone ever aglow are robbing many workers of sleep, and the consequences go beyond coming into the office with dark circles under the eyes. Several recent studies find...
LinkedIn mistakes you need to stop making now
But LinkedIn is a different beast. It’s social, but it’s professional. You’re connecting for business purposes, but you shouldn’t try to sell too much. At first glance, it looks like an online resume, but...
The bounce
“Apartment demand surged in second quarter,” says Greg Willett, chief economist for MPF Research, a division of Real Page Inc. “Strong demand pushed occupancy back to the post-recession peak.”
A string of bad news headlines...
Risky business
The digital world has created a paradigm shift for the apartment industry, allowing resident-facing tasks like property tours and unit inspections, lease signings and rent payments to be handled virtually via mobile apps and...
Take it outside
The 2015 City Park Facts report generated by The Trust for Public Land shows that off-leash parks are the fastest growing segment of urban parks. They even go further showing that off-leash dog parks...
Stopping the cycle of poverty begins with housing
Terwilliger is chairman emeritus of Trammel Crow Residential Company and heralds a list of accomplishments that would fill this book. A quick primer for the “yutes”: Trammel Crow ascended as the nation’s largest multifamily...
Is your multifamily property a digital marketing dinosaur?
“You have all of these property websites that are fantastic,” says Bartlett, digital sales and media manager at Nolan Real Estate, which operates apartment communities in Texas, Kansas, Illinois and North Carolina.
“Once you get...
Parable of the Post-It
I'm rather tall, so I figured I had already won the game and sat back down with a smile.
"Now," he said, "I want you to take that same Post-In note and move it higher."
Here's...
New lithium discovery highlights why we never run out of resources
A new discovery of lithium in September led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in history. The discovery comes amid fears that a shift towards...
What goes wrong when the government interferes with prices
Prices are a fact of life, and so is complaining about them. You probably prefer lower prices on just about everything, but especially when buying a house or paying for college, and you wish...
Operations enter time-space continuum
Fast, reliable, wireless internet service is not only a nice amenity for residents, it can also cure a long list of headaches for apartment companies.
Over the last ten years, a revolution has slowly spread...
Problematic residents
That’s when apartment living becomes tedious, and when your neighbors can feel more like adversaries.
The vast majority of apartment residents are decent folks who wouldn’t dream of disrupting life in their buildings by being...
