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/.

Students Given Opportunity to Pay Rent Through Facebook

Campus Apartments now allows residents to pay rent on its online account portal SmartClick via Facebook Connect.

Florida Master Planned Communities Doing Well Despite Headwinds

Despite the difficult residential market in Florida, the top-selling U.S. master planned community in 2011 is in that state, according to a new study by John Burns Real Estate Consulting, as is the number-nine seller.

Corcoran Sunshine Announces 2011 Deal Volume in Excess of $1 Billion

Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group held its annual awards celebration last week, recognizing more than $1 billion in closed new development sales in 2011.

Village Green 'City' Brand Coming to Downtown Ann Arbor

The first market rent luxury apartment building to come to downtown Ann Arbor in the past quarter century will be built by Village Green.

Village Green 'City' Brand Coming to Downtown Ann Arbor

The first market rent luxury apartment building to come to downtown Ann Arbor in the past quarter century will be built by Village Green.

Economy Watch: Home Prices Continue Their Slide

The recent modest upticks in residential property sales, at least for existing homes, haven’t translated to price increases in most U.S. housing markets, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Indices.

HFF Portland hires Ira Virden as Director

HFF announced today that it has hired Ira Virden as a director in its Portland office. Virden will focus on multi-housing investment sales transactions in the Pacific Northwest.

Hunt Companies Selects Grace Hill Inc. as Provider of Learning Management System

Grace Hill Inc., a provider of online education and learning management systems for the multifamily housing industry, announced that Hunt Companies Inc. has selected the company as its provider of online education courseware for their military housing property management associates.

It's a Slow but Steady Recovery for Seniors Housing

The seniors housing sector is fighting its way back to health, and the numbers tell the story.

Economy Watch: Americans' Personal Income, Savings Up

U.S. personal income grew 0.5 percent in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Monday.