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PODCAST: Economy Watch Weekly with Dees Stribling
The week ending May 6 was a good one for the economy, considering all the jobs added in April and all the money consumers spent at retail establishments.
PODCAST: Economy Watch Weekly with Dees Stribling
For the week ending April 29, a number of factors have dragged down GDP growth, and government budgets are in the doldrums, but positive factors like inventory investment and exports helped counter the down notes.
PODCAST: Economy Watch Weekly with Dees Stribling
For the week ending April 22, Wall Street was spooked by Standard & Poor’s, but not for long, and the housing market showed a few faint signs of life.
PODCAST: Economy Watch Weekly with Dees Stribling
For the week ending April 15, consumers plan to cut spending in the face of higher gas prices, and the government might cut spending too–but there’s no agreement on how just yet.
MHN TV: Margaret Allen on FHA’s Acquisition/Rehab Financing
Margaret Allen, CEO and owner of AGM Financial Services Inc., weighs the pros and cons of obtaining acquisition/rehab financing via Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance versus Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
MHN TV: Market Researcher Michael Puls on Absorption Trends and Unit Mixes
Michael Puls, owner of market research firm Foley and Puls, discusses apartment fundamentals, absorption trends in the Southwest, multifamily unit mixes, and why larger units will rent faster.
MHN TV: Quick Response Attracts Lenders to MF
In this third part of a three-part series, Faron Thompson, managing director at Primary Capital Advisors, talks with Jones Lang LaSalle’s Paige Steers about multifamily’s quick response to the economy. Thompson describes the attractive lending terms today and predicts conduits, life companies and banks will be commanding a larger piece of the multifamily market in 2011.
PODCAST: Economy Watch Weekly with Dees Stribling
For the week ending April 8, the federal government is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but the economic news wasn’t all bad.
MHN TV: Prudential Mortgage Capital’s David Twardock
David Twardock, president of Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., explains why insurance companies are vying to make loans for commercial real estate and discloses Prudential’s lending criteria and terms under its various balance- and non-balance sheet debt programs. The surprise: leverage can be as high as 70 to 75 percent for the right product.
MHN TV: Fannie Mae’s Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon, executive vice president of multifamily at Fannie Mae, describes how the agency expects to compete with the influx of debt sources into the multifamily space this year.