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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We Have a Winner for the MHN/RENTCafe Dream Apartment Pinterest Contest
After much deliberation, we have picked a winner for the MHN/RENTCafe Dream Apartment Pinterest contest. Congratulations to Jamie Lynn Natole, director of sales, design, social media and marketing at NM Residential!
HFF Hires Jordan Robbins as Director in its Denver office
HFF announced today that Jordan Robbins has joined the firm as a director in its Denver office.
Apartment Community to Break Ground in Hyattsville
A neighborhood of Hyattsville, Md. promises to take another step forward on its road to revitalization with the mid-September groundbreaking of a new 283-unit luxury apartment community.
Economy Watch: European Rumors Move European Market
The European Central Bank has been the subject of a new wave of speculation and news reports in recent days, to the effect that the sort-of central bank for the euro-zone will begin buying bonds of the currency bloc’s weaker nations to prevent a zone meltdown.
MAA Acquires 394-Unit Community
MAA announced that is has acquired Retreat at Lake Nona, a community in Orlando, Fla.
Houston Apartment Award Presented for Just Fourth Time in 52 Years
For only the fourth time in the 52 year history of the Houston Apartment Association (HAA), the organization will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to a supplier of the multifamily industry
Lackluster Consumer Spending Presages Continued Moderate Economic Growth Outlook Remains Positive for Gradual Housing Recovery
Economic activity slowed during the first half of 2012, fueled by a decline in the pace of consumer spending amid a sluggish labor market. Inflation-adjusted consumer spending growth dropped nearly a percentage point during the second quarter to a one-year low of 1.5 percent, as spending fell in June for the first time since last August.
Nonprofits Acquire LA Affordable TOD Property
Nonprofit affordable housing developer Abode Communities and Trust South LA, a community land trust, have acquired Rolland Curtis Gardens on West 38th Street in Los Angeles.
AMCAL to Develop Two L.A. Affordable Housing Communities with Help from TCAC Funds
AMCAL Multi-Housing is building two new apartment developments in the Los Angeles area with funding assistance from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.
Economy Watch: Hindsight on the Housing Bubble From the Fed
The “House Prices, Credit Growth, and Excess Volatility: Implications for Monetary and Macroprudential Policy,” which was released by the Federal Reserve on Monday, posits that the best way to prevent future housing bubbles would be to require lenders to be tougher in enforcing loan-to-income ratios for borrower.