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Landscape Your Way to Higher Occupancy

As property owners and managers compete for tenants in an unsteady economy, the importance of first impressions cannot be overlooked. Curb appeal is now more important than ever. A property that shows well from the street can help increase rents, tenant retention rates and asset values.

Plans Unveiled for $42M Waters Edge Resort on Bear Lake

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor The developers of the Waters Edge Resort have unveiled their plans for their $42 million project adjacent to Bear Lake. The project will include a hotel, as well as retail and business space, but also a residential component in the form of condominium units. Waters Edge Resort will capitalize on […]

The Columns at Gulfport, Mississippi

A visit to The Columns at Gulfport, Mississippi.

Revenue Management

How to maximize the value of apartment assets.

Dallas Investor Buys Suburban Fort Worth Apartments

Hayman Woods LLC has completed, though a subsidiary, its acquisition of Bellagio at Beach Street, a 398-unit multifamily property in Haltom City, Texas.

TODAY'S DEALS: Morgan Properties Grabs 558-Unit Asset

Morgan Properties buys a property for $27.4 million; Beech Street Closes a $10.5 million Fannie Mae conventional loan; and NorthMarq arranges $21.3 million in interest-only, six-year loans through a life insurance company.

Virginia Wang Joins Apartment List as Vice President of Product

ApartmentList.com, an apartment search, announced that Virginia Wang has joined the company as vice president of product.

Fannie Mae Opens Mortgage Help Center Expansion in Inland Empire, California

Fannie Mae opened an extension of its Los Angeles Mortgage Help Center in the Inland Empire region to provide free education and counseling services to struggling California homeowners.

Grace Hill Inc. Declares August Maintenance Appreciation Month

Grace Hill Inc., a provider of online education and learning management solutions for the multifamily housing industry, declared the month of August as Maintenance Appreciation Month.

Refinance Applications Increase Again to Three-Year High in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications increased 0.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 27, 2012.