MHN Interviews Jason Franken, LEED, AP YRG Sustainability
At the BuildEx Conference in Chicago, Jason Franken, LEED-AP, shares low-cost tips for maximizing energy performance during the recession and beyond. Franken is with YRG Sustainability in Chicago.
Washington Green Communities Retrofit Loan Fund Launched
Olympia, Wash.–The goal of the fund is to encourage the addition of sustainable features.
Deadline for MHN Awards has been extended to July 8!
Finalists will be announced in August and winners will be published in Multi-Housing News Magazine and MHN Online Daily.
Executive Insight: Population Boom
Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT’s Jay Olander notes that the United States will be home to 94 million more people in 2030 than in 2000.
Executive Insight: Distressed Condos
Roger Winston comments on buying a ‘Cadillac’ at a ‘Chevrolet’ price.
Take the MHN Survey: How did the homebuyer tax credit program affect your portfolio?
Did you lose residents who left to purchase homes or are you losing fewer residents now that it has expired.
Enterprise Names Robert Grossinger Vice President, National Foreclosure Response
Columbia, Md.– Robert Grossinger will join Enterprise Community Partners, Inc as vice president for national foreclosure response. Grossinger joins the company from Bank of America, where he was senior vice president in the corporate social responsibility group overseeing the bank’s neighborhood stabilization efforts, including its Real Estate Owned sales to Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) recipients. As vice president for national foreclosure response, Grossinger will work with a broad set of partners to provide thought leadership on an appropriate response to the foreclosure crisis as well as identify opportunities for earlier intervention prior to foreclosure. He will oversee the implementation of…
Demand Perks Up, Ground Breaks on Phase Two of Palmer Hill Condos
Stamford, Conn.–Buyers do not appear to be dissuaded by the price tags attached to the Palmer Hill residences.
Fannie, Freddie Booted Off New York Stock Exchange
Washington, D.C.–As of early July, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer trade on the NYSE.
Affordable Apt. Project in Chicago Goes Green
Chicago–$9.8 million came through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.