Regions
Housing Starts Rise 2.8 Percent in March, According to NAHB
Led by a 6 percent rise in single-family starts, nationwide housing production rose 2.8 percent above an upwardly revised February rate of 920,000 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000 units in March, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.
OzProp Selects Yardi Voyager 7S in Australia
Yardi announced today that Australian wholesale real estate investment trust manager OzProp selected Yardi Voyager® as its new property management and accounting platform.
Multi-Housing Refinancing Dilemma: Pay Now, Or Lock In Later?
Should an investor shoulder that pre-pay penalty now and refinance, or does it make sense to wait a year or two?
BNE Real Estate Group Unveils Luxury Rental Community in Jersey City
Warren at York, a new luxury rental property in Jersey City, N.J., has been given its grand opening.
Economy Watch: Homebuilders a Little More Optimistic
The National Association of Home Builders reported that that the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, which gauges builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes, rose one point to 47 in April from a downwardly revised March reading of 46.
Mack-Cali Buy Boston-Area Apartments for $37M
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has acquired Andover Place at 650 Bulfinch Dr. in Andover, Mass., which is in Essex County, north of Boston. The New Jersey-based REIT paid about $37.7 million for the 220-unit multifamily property.
TODAY’S DEALS: Banner Essex Acquires 274 Units in Charlotte
Banner Essex Strategic Fund II completes its second buy; a condominium-entitled apartment trades hands for $14.2 million in Oceanside, Calif.; and The Greysteel Co. is retained as the exclusive agent for the sale of a 28.64-acre property in Northern Virginia.
Deco Communities Developing $37M Luxury Condos in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Deco Communities has entered into a joint venture with Castlelake and Isles Ranch to develop Envy, a $37 million luxury residential tower to be built in the heart of the Old Town Scottsdale Entertainment District.
Economy Watch: Retail Sales See Healthy Uptick
The Census Bureau reported that retail and food services sales for March, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences—but not for price changes—came in at $433.9 billion, an increase of 1.1 percent from February.
USA Properties Fund Completes Rehab on LA Seniors Community
The renovation of Huntington Plaza Apartments, a 184-unit low-income seniors housing property in the Los Angeles suburb of Huntington Park, has been completed. The entire cost of the property’s acquisition and rehabilitation was $30.2 million.