Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.
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Texas Affordable Housing Property Refinanced
The owner of Lago de Plata Apartments has obtained a $4.5 million FHA 223(a)7 loan to refinance the property. Proceeds from the loan will be used for repairs and to replace reserve escrows.
Economy Watch: Freddie Mac in the Black
Freddie Mac reported that it had a net income of $4.6 billion for the first quarter of 2013, compared to a net income of $4.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2012.
Economy Watch: Home Prices Continue Upward Trajectory
More evidence that the housing market is in recovery mode.
B.H. Properties Acquires Terrace Park Apartments in Phoenix
Los Angeles-based commercial real estate investment firm B.H. Properties LLC has purchased Terrace Park Apartments in Phoenix.
MHN Interview: Is Investment Fatigue on the Horizon for Multifamily Development?
How is the state of development in multifamily, particularly in the Southeast? MHN talks to Summey Orr, managing partner, Hartman Simons, about development trends and why fewer new investors are coming to the market.
Where Tech Meets Touch
Cooper Square Realty’s hands-on learning center teaches multifamily maintenance.
SoCal Master Planned Community Trades Hands
Toscana, a 960-acre site of a master planned community south of the city of Corona in Riverside County, Calif., has traded hands. The plan for the site calls for a mix of single-family and multifamily residences.
The Residences at W Atlanta-Downtown Sees Condo Sales Spike
Benefitting from a spring sales surge, The Residences at W Atlanta—Downtown is now 40 percent sold.