Riverstone Residential Group, a privately owned, third-party multifamily property management company, announced three key leadership promotions in the company’s client services group and west division.

Recent findings from TransUnion, a provider of risk management solutions, showed that while, on average, vacancy rates have decreased, rents have remained steady.

The latest Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions from the Washington, D.C.-based National Multi Housing Council indicates that improving market conditions continue to be an advantage for the multifamily industry.

Construction lenders raised concerns about the possibility of future overbuilding in multifamily markets at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention 2012, which opened yesterday in Atlanta.

Families living in affordable housing know their housing costs cannot exceed 30 percent of their incomes. But that affordability can be nullified if the housing is not located in areas with comparatively affordable transportation costs.

Mike Mueller, a multifamily technology entrepreneur, has acquired CallSource Inc.’s multifamily vertical.

With the prevalence of online review sites, there’s a good chance that your building is mentioned–either for the better or worse. But that doesn’t mean you have to passively accept bad reviews.

Campus Apartments now allows residents to pay rent on its online account portal SmartClick via Facebook Connect.

NAHB’s senior vice president discusses the housing market index and how it affects the stock market.

CityView has closed on its first asset from the Bay Area Fund–a $300 million fund that will be used to invest in Bay Area, Calif., multifamily communities.