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/.

Creating Solutions in Secondary Markets

CRA Chairman and CEO David Snyder explains the strategy behind his Louisville expansion.

Editor's Note: My Changing Cityscape

Urban infill is a gradual process with long-lasting results.

LA Affordable Housing Development Opens on School District Land

Rio Vista Apartments, the first joint-use development in Los Angeles County that combines affordable housing and an Early Education Center on school district surplus land, has opened.

Economy Watch: Pending Home Sales Edge Up

The National Association of Realtors reported on Monday that its Pending Home Sales Index was up 2 percent in January to 97, which happens to be the highest level for the index since April 2010.

MHN Interview: NYU's Furman Center's Surprising Data on Subsidized Housing

New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy was recently awarded the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. MHN interviewed Furman Center co-director Ingrid Gould Ellen on the Furman Center and what surprising data their research revealed about subsidized housing.

MHN TV: Leasing Trends 2012

Alexandra Jackiw, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Buckingham Companies, shares her takeaways from the NMHC Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, including several trends that property managers should keep an eye on in 2012.

CLV Completes Refi of UD Student Housing

Campus Living Villages has completed the refinancing of Studio Green, a 704-unit, off-campus residential property near the University of Delaware.

Economy Watch: Consumers Feel Better

Consumers continue to feel more upbeat about the economy than before, according to the latest Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Survey of Consumers, published on Friday.

Florida Oceanfront Condo Site is Up for Grabs

A 1.6-acre oceanfront site in Hollywood, Fla., which remains undeveloped in a neighborhood of tall residential towers and condos, has been put on the market by Aventura, Fla.-based Shefaor Development.

EdR Tackles On-Campus Student Housing

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has approved a 50-year lease with EdR for on-campus housing.