HFF announced today that it has hired Ira Virden as a director in its Portland office. Virden will focus on multi-housing investment sales transactions in the Pacific Northwest.

Grace Hill Inc., a provider of online education and learning management systems for the multifamily housing industry, announced that Hunt Companies Inc. has selected the company as its provider of online education courseware for their military housing property management associates.

The seniors housing sector is fighting its way back to health, and the numbers tell the story.

U.S. personal income grew 0.5 percent in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Monday.

Only 59.5 percent of renters said that they ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ would renew their apartment leases, according to a new survey by Kingsley Associates. The figure represents a new three-year low.

Get residents on board before recycling is mandated in your apartment communities.

Multifamily adopts the mantra ’services not servers.’

GSE reform and tax reform are top legislative priorities for trade associations.

Red Mortgage Capital funds a $72 million rehabilitation loan; Walker & Dunlop provides $163.8 million for four assets in Connecticut; and Marcus & Millichap provides a $9.2 million cash-out refinancing in transfer of ownership from TIC to LLC.

Industry experts don’t expect the 2012 election to slow the pace of recovery for the top-performing Washington, D.C. metro; in Philadelphia, diverse economics continue to shine favorably on the market.