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/.
Sunny Forecast for Housing Market
Housing figures released by Florida Realtors reveal a nice climate for Sunshine State housing.
Economy Watch: Case-Shiller Sees Another Monthly Uptick
The S&P/Case-Shiller monthly Home Price Indices for May (three-month averages of March, April and May), which were released on Tuesday, showed month-over-month increases for both the 10- and 20-city composites. In fact, both were up 2.2 percent.
Marcus & Millichap Names John S. Sebree Vice President
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, a real estate investment services firm, has elected John S. Sebree vice president, according to John J. Kerin, president and chief executive officer.
Success of New Community Attributed to Appealing to Families
Resmark Apartment Living, a division of The Resmark Companies, announced it is 52 percent leased on the first 80 units at Union Place since opening in mid-March.
Pending Freddie Mac Relief Refinance Changes to Help Lenders Refinance More Borrowers
Freddie Mac announced plans to build on the success of its Relief Refinance Mortgage Program, which includes the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP 2.0), by aligning requirements for mortgages with loan-to-value ratios that are equal to or less than 80 percent with those for mortgages with LTV ratios greater than 80 percent.
Second Quarter Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Up 25 Percent from Q2 2011
Commercial/multifamily mortgage origination volumes during the second quarter of 2012 were up 25 percent from second quarter 2011 levels, and up 39 percent from the first quarter of 2012, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.
AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust Gives $41 Million for New St. Paul Mixed-Use Development
The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust has committed $41 million of union pension capital to help finance the Penfield, a $62 million mixed-use development in downtown St. Paul.
Economy Watch: Apartment Market Has Big Momentum
The National Multi Housing Council reported more good news for apartment landlords on Monday, since for the sixth quarter in a row, the apartment industry improved across all indexes in the NMHC’s Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions.
Florida Multifamily Markets Hotter Than Most
Most multifamily rental markets are tight these days, but the metro markets of Florida have been doing especially well, according to the most recent report on the state by Apartment Realty Advisors Florida.
‘What Renters Want’ with Jessica Fiur: How to Protect Your Apartment Community’s Brand (By Not Following Ryan Lochte)
I’m not a fan of watching sports, but by that I mean baseball, basketball, football…pretty much anything that has my husband hogging the TV and preventing me from watching reruns of How I Met Your Mother. That doesn’t include the Olympics. I love the Olympics, especially the Summer Olympics (excluding baseball, basketball, and football—which I’m not even sure if they play). My favorite sport is swimming, because I was on the swim team back in high school. Oh, and also because the U.S. men’s team, as a whole, is really, really ridiculously good looking. Anyway, everyone is super into the Michael Phelps/Ryan Lochte…