The advantages of soundproofing patio doors in commercial properties
For the managers of apartment and office buildings, condo developments, and retirement communities, the constant din of traffic, roar of aircraft, or clanking of railways can depress rental, lease, and occupancy rates. By disturbing sleep...
The death of the small apartment building
Developers in the U.S. built 358,000 units of new multifamily housing in 2017. That’s less than half the number of single-family homes built last year, but the gap between the two has narrowed a...
New NMHC white paper explores the Internet of Things and the apartment sector
The Internet of Things (IoT) presents the apartment industry with both opportunities and challenges. The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has published a new white paper, Smart Communities: The Internet of Things & the...
HUD Deputy Secretary Pamela Hughes Patenaude earns prestigious housing award
Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Pamela Hughes Patenaude received the 2018 EPIQ Impact Award from CoreLogic. Patenaude earned the recognition because of her outstanding accomplishments in the areas of...
July apartment market conditions show improvement; construction labor reported as both more expensive and...
Apartment market conditions improved across three of the four indexes measured by the July National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. The Sales Volume (55), Equity Financing (56) and Debt...
HUD awards $14 million to help low-income public housing residents secure higher paying jobs
To help low-income public housing residents increase their income and move toward self-sufficiency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $14 million to seven Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). HUD’s Jobs Plus...
HUD and DOJ launch public awareness campaign against sexual harassment in housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today released a public service announcement (PSA) to raise awareness of housing-related sexual harassment and to reach persons...
NAHB supports Trump’s workforce development plan; pledges to train 50,000 new workers
Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from LaPlace, La., today issued the following statement in support of the White House executive order on workforce development: "NAHB applauds President...
HUD awards $144 million to revitalize five neighborhoods
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced five communities across the country will receive a combined $144 million to redevelop severely distressed public or assisted housing and to revitalize surrounding...
Real estate industry collaborates to fill talent pipeline
Twenty-nine real estate industry organizations, representing more than 10 million jobs, announced a ground-breaking collaboration to highlight the diverse career paths within the real estate sector. The first initiative of this collaboration is a new...
Call for entries now open for NAHB’s sales and marketing awards—’The Nationals’
The Nationals?—the National Association of Home Builders' national sales and marketing awards program—is open for entries. Honoring the best in new-home sales, marketing and design, The Nationals competition acknowledges superior new-home sales and marketing achievements by individual sales...
Utility Revenue Services expands LED division in time for Energy Star’s baseline reset
Utility Revenue Services, a decade-long-plus player in utility revenue recovery for apartment properties, has extended its offerings to include LED lighting analyses and related capital projects. Rapid advancements in solid state lighting along with...
Housing starts fall 12.3 percent as tariffs draw increased concern
Total housing starts fell 12.3 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.17 million units, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department. The June...
Builder confidence stays at healthy level in July
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged at a solid 68 reading in July on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). "Consumer demand for single-family homes is holding strong...
Yardi’s Matt Eggers joins Board of Directors of Institute for Market Transformation
Matt Eggers, vice president of Yardi® Energy, has joined the board of directors for the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), a nonprofit that collaborates with building owners, tenants, governments and others to promote energy...
