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Real estate prices in California have skyrocketed in recent years, leaving many would-be homeowners in the dust. This is especially true in San Diego, where high housing costs and relatively low wages have combined to make it the sixth least affordable major metropolitan area in the country, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Cost-efficient family housing is a real concern for the area. However, one company found a way to make affordable housing even more affordable — by using solar energy to offset electricity bills. Fairbanks Ridge, a 204-unit affordable living apartment complex in San Diego, has more…

You’re not imagining things: Those really are cranes down the street, and you really did see a sign posted for a new development two blocks over. But if business is still booming as far as building is concerned, why all the media panic over the decline of the housing market? Because the decline doesn’t just stop at — or with — your front door. And like it or not, the market is declining: In a July 18, 2007 article on the housing market, Bloomberg News points out that the properties are still being built — not, perhaps, in the fervor…

Orlando is no stranger to expansion. When Walt Disney World opened in 1971, it brought enormous economic growth to the region. Growth was the precise reason that cartoon and fantasy pioneer Walt Disney had selected Orlando as a location for his new theme park. The Orlando area was a place where the development could grow without fear it would be eclipsed by urban growth as Disneyland, Walt’s first Californian theme park, had been. Disneyland was just 400 acres; Disney World’s original land purchase included 28,000 acres, later developed into hotels, campgrounds, shopping centers and more. Disney World’s rapid spreading foreshadowed…

Welcome to a new kind of news: Insightful, timely research combined with market reflection to give a unique view of the multi-housing market. MHN remains your source for the latest in breaking multi-housing news. Now, as part of our ongoing commitment to keep the multi-housing industry informed, MHN’s Out and About blog will dig even deeper to provide our readers with in-depth analysis and coverage on a daily basis. We’re passionate about presenting a multifaceted look at ambitious upcoming real estate projects and trends. From the latest sustainability developments to new, exciting uses for pre-existing buildings, the MHN Out and…