Apartment deals find equity investors in a changing environment
Apartment companies need more equity than ever to buy and build for a number of reasons:
They are acquiring and developing apartments at record volumes
The cost to complete these deals is growing as...
Unlocking a smart future
Smart technology is unlocking the door to a better experience for apartment renters, making management’s job easier and increasing the value of multifamily assets, say providers of smart apartment technology, the latest industry trend.
Companies...
Materials scarce. Prices high.
As the construction industry struggles under the burden of material cost increases, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, demand for single and multifamily homes remains strong. A confluence of conflicting trends that intensified during...
Prepping for the oncoming rate hikes
At the dawn of 2022, the outlook for multifamily real estate looked as bright as in the year just ending. Industry experts released bullish forecasts and a number of loan specialists spoke on the...
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...
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...
Coming to America
Immigration has become an increasingly prevalent and often polarizing topic within policy discussions, and its effect on the apartment industry cannot be understated. Immigrants are not only a vital component of the industry’s workforce,...
Residents crave (internet) connection
Apartment renters are increasingly picky about the internet in their homes. A growing number won’t live where they can’t get good service.
Until recently, property managers didn’t have to worry about the internet service at...
Apartment REITs: urban exodus
Apartment REITs have been among the strongest-performing property sectors over the last two decades by riding the tailwinds of an unyielding urban revival, a trend that is suddenly severely threatened in several key markets...
Economics: supply and demand
For those of you who’ve been in a cave recently (and one without internet access), United Airlines recently encountered a situation where they had too few people who were willing to give up their...
From the ground floor up
Hard work and a passion for the business. That may sound corny, but the DeSouza brothers prove that it's true. Cal and Frank DeSouza, who currently are well underway on the conversion of four...
Renters on the edge
Despite the chaos caused by the coronavirus, professional property managers are still getting rent checks from most resident.
It may be a sign of the times, but apartment experts are happy that most renters are...
Apartment boom boosts adaptive re-use
New renters are signing leases and moving into 109 luxury apartments at The Arden, an old office building that re-opened as a new multifamily community in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, in August...
Former WeWork CEO jumps into apartments
The apartment siren has snagged another.
Companies tied to Adam Neumann have acquired majority stakes in over 4,000 apartments valued at more than $1 billion in total, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Neumann gained notoriety in...
The most important thing
Capitalism, wrote Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley in their book, Superabundance, succeeds not only because it is efficient but because it correctly locates the source of wealth in the human mind.
Their book...
