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Enhancing Your Product Value
Your community’s curb appeal is critical to enhancing product value, but it’s just part of understanding and creating an overall experience that conveys your property’s unique personality in the most effective way.
Density Bonus Law: Why Affordable Housing is Badly Needed in California
As the single-family home market continues to struggle, the focus on the multifamily sector has intensified. In order to make these projects financially feasible, California developers often rely on Government Code Section 65915, also known as the Density Bonus Law.
RedPipe Fire Protection Hits North American Market
Plastic sprinkler piping from RedPipe industries in now available for purchase in North America. The piping is easy to install and has several environmental and performance benefits over traditional metal piping.
The Green Champion: Why Your Company Might Need a CSO
Do you have a program in place to encourage green practices in your communities? Experts say that green efforts are more likely to succeed if there is a chief in place to spearhead the effort.
Shielding the Asset
Apartment owners may find it a challenge to mandate renters insurance in a soft economy.
Refi Returns: Refinancing Under HUD’s FHA Section 223(f) Program Gains New Popularity
The Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Section 221(d)(4) program gained kudos as being practically the only source of construction financing available to multi-housing developers during the 2008-2010 financial crisis.
Downtown Renaissance: The Rebuilding of New Orleans
Was Hurricane Katrina a good thing for New Orleans?
Economy Watch: August Employment Numbers: The Sound of Crickets Chirping
The miserable jobs report on the Friday before Labor Day included some miserable details. The private sector did, in fact, create a modicum of jobs during August. But that was cancelled out by governments shedding just that many workers.
Could the FHFA’s Possible Lawsuit Against U.S. Banks Affect the Multi-Housing Industry?
The FHFA, the federal agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is looking to file a lawsuit against more than a dozen big U.S. banks. The suit will accuse the banks of misrepresenting the quality of mortgage securities they sold before the housing crisis.
Embrey Partners Breaks Ground on San Antonio Apartments
San Antonio–Embrey Partners Ltd. has broken ground on Slate Creek in the Westover Hills neighborhood of San Antonio, a 222-unit apartment project at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort.