Tag: Featured article
Come together right now
From the minute you meet Natalie, you know she is meant for greatness. She exudes poise and strength, well beyond her years. And she...
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...
A primer in tribalism
You know, like, "I'm a Mac," or "I'm a PC." That's called tribalism. Back in the day, the unity of the tribe, in its purist form,...
Bring the best of America into your business
This staggering rate of attrition costs employers a great deal of money, and makes it a constant challenge to find qualified, reliable people 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...
How to garner the right kind of attention
No matter how talented or accomplished you are, you cannot always count on attracting and retaining the attention of others. Too many options compete...
HUD gets a haircut
In line with President Barack Obama's directive to cut the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade, HUD's budget creates no new programs...
In a twist
The survey of nearly 1,000 adults found that 77 percent of Americans are stressed about work. What are workers stressed about? 14 percent cite...
Is criticism more effective than praise?
If you do, you're only human. Paying more attention to what's wrong isn't wrongheaded or perverse. In fact, you could say you do it...
All about the “O”
At the beginning of the year, UDR CEO Tom Toomey predicted good things for the apartment industry. "We support the consensus view that the...
Builder be nimble
Apartment REITs, despite their ability to finance development projects on their own balance sheet, were not the first out of the gate. Instead, it was...
Ending the American malaise
She was sweet and sovereign, and had the divine ability to cause me to snap into accordance with a single glance. With all her...
Home Builders urge Fannie, Freddie to get behind mixed-use
The mortgage giants currently require that projects they finance be no more than 25 percent commercial (20 percent for Fannie and for multifamily HUD...
New sheriff in town
Mark Sadosky took the helm in November as the company readies itself for its next stage of growth. CallSource, multifamily's largest provider of call...
Home values fall across the U.S.
Falling prices are a reflection of weak demand and tight credit conditions that reduce the number of potential buyers. "There are just not a lot...
