The precipitous drop in the national homeownership rate, coupled with the emergence of an 80 million–strong Gen Y demographic now entering peak renting age, has most housing experts convinced that…
According to research firm Marcus and Millichap, asking and effective rents increased in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area were projected to end 2011 more than 3 percent higher year-over-year. The…
New projections from forecasting firm Property and Portfolio Research (PPR) suggest average rents and median household incomes will increase at comparable rates, The Wall Street Journal reports. The forecast indicates…
Rental property management firms and landlords should be aware of the effect developing government policy may have on the multifamily sector. According to Apartment Finance Today, government tax code reforms…
The apartment sector of the U.S. real estate industry experienced 5.8 percent revenue growth during 2011, according to MPF Research. A recent report from the firm indicates the national occupancy…
It occurs to me that if these REITs go public, DLA relinquishes any control over them, once they get listed on an exchange. How many clients are going to hang…
Interview questions about weaknesses can be some of the tougher questions to answer. Anticipating the interview question and preparing your answers ahead of time is a recommended approach. The more…
Those with commercial property investments in the UK have experienced "relatively healthy" returns during 2011, it has been asserted. According to the CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Monthly Index for December,…
Today is one of those very rare days that my blog will be “off topic,” meaning there will be no tie to the Tallahassee real estate market. Every so often…
Federal officials and lawmakers have failed to get behind the proposal by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that real estate-owned properties be converted into rentals in order to reduce…