The November December 2006 issue of Yield PRO magazine
Tag: November December 2006
His mother’s eyes and his father’s debt
Inter-generational loans will become more common as property prices outpace the rise in salaries. Almost 25 percent of California's borrowers have home loans at...
$630M Military housing privatization project opens first community
The project will include single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes located on the 52-acre site, renovations to over 4,000 existing homes and construction of 1,200...
Property Bill of Rights passed by House
HR4772 would help ensure due process for property owners when their rights have been violated and their property has been taken. The bill would...
Found land
Until a decade ago, only a handful of companies specialized in redeveloping environmentally blighted land, and mostly for commercial and industrial product because of...
Up in smoke
The resulting fire at the Spanish Gate Apartments burned the entire 59-unit community to the ground. One woman was killed. Another was sent to...
Rogue wave
In today's soft housing environment, a company that focuses entirely on development of infill for-sale housing with a strong emphasis on condos may appear...
God goes to college
Time. Newsweek. Even Katie Couric has completed a segment that's being readied for airing. Here's what all the talk is about: faith-based student housing. It's...
Educating e-boomers
And, thanks to the support of the three-year-old Georgia Apartment Industry Education Foundation (GAIEF), many of them are receiving university-level instruction in the Peachtree...
The big chill
United Dominion Realty Trust plans to save a cool $12 to $18 million by keeping ahead of new law regulating air conditioning equipment efficiency....
The lonely life of a 3 bedroom
The top-floor condominium at Dawson and Morgan streets in Raleigh seems to have it all: Brazilian cherry floors, granite counters, a balcony with a...
From Ground Zero of the housing bust
The home next to it just went up for sale, too. So did the house two units down on the other side and the...