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Fundthatdeal.com Offers Up to 100% Private Funding for Real Estate
After a successful pilot, fundthatdeal.com, a new online matchmaking service that connects real estate entrepreneurs with wealthy private investors, has launched.
Freddie Mac Securitizes More Multifamily Mortgages
McLean, Va.–Freddie Mac has made a new offering of about $1 billion of K-011 Certificates, backed by 76 recently originated multifamily mortgages.
TODAY’S DEALS: Praedium and Fairfield Acquire Maryland Apartment for $31M
The Praedium Group and Fairfied Investment Company purchase $31 million apartment building in Maryland; CB Richard Ellis sells a Jersey Shore asset for $4.5 million; and Red Capital’s $50M mortgages take out construction financing.
MARKET SNAPSHOT: Strong Employment Growth, and Demand, in Twin Cities to Outpace Apartment Supply
Minneapolis–While the Twin Cities is expected to add approximately 25,000 new jobs this year, only about 500 units are projected to be delivered to the market.
Economy Watch: Housing Starts in the Basement in February
Housing starts dropped 22.5 percent in February; the Producer Price Index increased again; and the nuclear incident in Japan continues to fog the economic outlook surrounding Japan.
Receivers: the New Link to Buying Distressed Properties
With distressed properties at record levels, an increasing number of REITs and developers are turning to receivers to find bargains and lenders are turning to the same source to help salvage troubled loans.
Aries Capital Affiliate Awarded $35M in New Markets Tax Credits
Chicago–Urban Development Fund L.L.C. has received an allocation totaling $35 million under the NMTC program for redevelopment of low-income areas in the United States.
New Affordable Seniors Apartments Underway in Suburban L.A.
West Covina, Calif.–Work has begun on 65 new residences at West Covina Senior Villas II, an affordable senior housing project east of Los Angeles.
Federal Home Loan Bank Awards $5.1 Million for Affordable Housing in Virginia
Atlanta–Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta will award $5.1 million to assist in the funding of 12 affordable housing developments in Virginia.
TODAY’S DEALS: KTGY Designed Student Housing to Break Ground at Univ. of La Verne
KTGY-designed mixed-used student housing project to break ground at La Verne Univ.; Education Realty Trusts has purchased two communities next to the Univ. of Virginia; and NorthMarq arranges $15.5M mortgage for property in San Diego.