The November December 2013 issue of Yield PRO magazine
Tag: November December 2013
The big deal
The CEOs of Memphis-based Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) and Birmingham-based Colonial Properties Trust, respectively, believed their companies combined would be better than two...
Positivity
I felt completely overpowered by his dismay. We're both Catholic, so many of our discussions circled around our faith-in-common, but it felt as though...
Bundling single-family rentals
In one of the surest signs that the home-rental business is going corporate, Orlando's biggest new landlord has started bundling rent checks from residents...
Three factors that could shape the fate of housing overhaul
But several developments unfolding right now could make the next five or six months among the more consequential periods for housing-finance policy since the...
Coping with hurricane employees
The words describe employees--from CEOs down to mid-level managers and their subordinates--who tear through an office, disrupting everyone's work environment and leaving a path...
The complex economics of America’s minimum wage
Over the summer, Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa, introduced the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 that would raise the minimum wage...
The incredible shrinking workforce
Now, a big caveat: That big October drop in participation could have been skewed slightly by the government shutdown. The official household survey counted...
D.C. dysfunction
While AvalonBay Communities' portfolio in the nation's capital achieved positive revenue growth and rent growth in Q3, revenue growth from the company's D.C. Metro...
Zero net energy living
The $300 million West Village campus project opened to much fanfare two years ago, riding on the hope that it would serve as a...
The hummingbird effect
Over the next 12 to 24 months, as Google continues to index our personal searches, incorporate permission-based GPS tracking, include integrated application data and...
Residents only
In Key Biscayne, Fla., Oceana Key Biscayne is constructing a private restaurant with globally-inspired cuisine that's dedicated to the buyers of its units priced...
Maximum occupancy
Camden Property Trust "I think we're pretty well-positioned going into fourth quarter with an occupancy rate of 96 percent and that's directly related to a...
A grand time in Texas
While many parts of the country have not fully emerged from the housing crisis and recession, Texas continues on a tear with new building...
FHFA faces pushback on cuts to Fannie Mae apartment lending
While the size of the cuts is still undetermined, they will add to a 10 percent reduction in apartment financing the Federal Housing Finance...
Apartment market tightens as housing costs jump
The average monthly rent in the third quarter was $1,073, up 1 percent from the prior quarter, the largest quarterly gain in a year,...
