Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.
Jessica has been with the company since 2011 and previously was with Weekly Reader and IQPC. Contact Jessica at jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com, on Twitter @jfiur or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafiur/.
The Solomon Organization Acquires Harrisburg Multifamily Property
An affiliate of the Solomon Organization has acquired Ivy Ridge Apartments and Townhomes, a 218-unit rental community in Swatara Tonwship, Pa.
Economy Watch: Case-Shiller Shows Continuing Home Price Rises
S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which track U.S. home prices through the end of July (not August), and they showed continued increases.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Fed Says No Tapering
The Fed says no tapering for now.
Greysteel Tapped to Broker Va. Apartments
The owner of Briarwood Apartments in Dumfries, Va., has tapped the investment brokerage Greysteel to take the property to market. The 70-unit, five-building apartment community, which is near I-95, comes with a 6.2-acre parcel that’s been approved for an additional 73 units.
Stinson Morrison Hecker and Leonard, Street and Deinard Announce Merger
Stinson Morrison Hecker and Leonard, Street and Deinard, two of the leading full-service law firms in the Midwest, today announced that they will merge to become one of the largest law firms in the U.S.
BNE Real Estate Group Opens Luxury Apartments in Fort Lee, N.J.
BNE Real Estate Group has finished development on Twenty50, a luxury rental building in Fort Lee, N.J., which overlooks the George Washington Bridge, Hudson River and New York City skyline.
RentPaidOnline® Finishes Yardi Voyager® Integration Enhancements
RentPaidOnline (RPO) would like to announce the completion of its integration with Yardi Voyager®. With the enhancements complete, RPO now has the ability to seamlessly integrate and exchange data with Yardi Voyager clients in near real time.
Asset Plus Companies Acquires Greystone Asset Management
Asset Plus Companies, a Houston-based third party management company, announced the acquisition of Greystone Asset Management, the fourth largest multifamily property management company in Houston.
Economy Watch: NY Fed President Talks Tapering
Last week’s decision by the Federal Reserve not to taper QE3 left an open question: When will the tapering begin, since presumably it has to sometime?
Guest Blog: Multifamily Living, Multiple Choices
By Christopher Frye, Senior Manager, NEEA To get a sense of how residents in the Northwest use energy in their multifamily homes and how units are constructed across the region, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) recently studied residents’ habits based on a random and representative sample of 230 buildings and 552 units in the Northwest. The results of the study, “Residential Building Stock Assessment: Multifamily Characteristics and Energy Use,” will help guide the region’s utilities and energy efficiency organizations to identify opportunities for energy efficiency programs. The study will also help guide the development of efficiency resources to meet the…