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TODAY’S DEALS: Mill Creek Residential Buys Three Texas Communities
Mill Creek Residential buys 589 units; Centerline Capital Group provides acquisition financing for a Delaware owner; and Smith Equities closes on the sale of two Tallahassee, Fla. properties.
HUD Study Finds Most LIHTC Properties Still Affordable
A new report by HUD has found that after an initial 15-year required “affordability period,” most Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program properties remain affordable.
Economy Watch: Home Prices Up During Second Quarter
According to the most recent S&P/Case-Shiller report on housing U.S. home prices saw positive growth for all three headline composites year-over-year during the second quarter of 2012.
TODAY'S DEALS: LYND Acquires 11 Distressed Communities in Auction
LYND picks up 11 distressed communities at an auction; The Carlyle Group buys an independent living asset in Jacksonville, Fla.; and Walker & Dunlop provides a 35-year Section 223(a)(7) refinance loan at low interest.
Economy Watch: Fed Still Mum About Stimulus
The Fed’s annual symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyo., is later this week, and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will speak at the event on Friday, which has set off the latest round of speculation about whether the central bank will try to stimulate the economy once again.
Economy Watch: Displaced Workers Lose Ground, Even After Finding New Jobs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in its biennial Displaced Workers Summary, which tracks workers who lost jobs that they held for more than three years, that 6.1 million workers were displaced from such long-held positions during the period from January 2009 through December 2011.
TODAY'S DEALS: SL Green to Develop Manhattan Dorm Tower
SL Green led JV to build a dorm in Manhattan; Beech Street Capital provides $33 million in Fannie loans to two Baltimore-area assets; and Colliers International represents the buyers and sellers in the $7.7 million sale of an apartment property in San Diego.
Economy Watch: New Home Sales Edge Up
New home sales were up in July to an annualized rate of 372,000 units, compared with a revised June total of 359,000, according to the Census Bureau.
TODAY'S DEALS: ZOM, Northwestern Mutual Break Ground in Florida
A joint venture breaks ground in Palm Beach County; Greystone Funding Corp. originates $73.7 million for two affordable assets in New York; and Alliant Capital converts the interest rate of a $5.86 million ARM to 3.99 percent.
Economy Watch: Existing Home Sales Edge Up in July
According to the National Association of Realtors, total U.S. existing-home sales grew 2.3 percent to an annualized rate of 4.47 million in July from 4.37 million in June, coming in at 10.4 percent above the 4.05 million-unit rate in July 2011.