Skip to contentFederal 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 excess home inventory, HousingWire reports. While this may be slowing the recovery of the single-family housing market, experts and policymakers have expressed mixed opinions over… … Read more
Multifamily Executive reports that recent data shows rental properties experienced major improvements in occupancy in 2011. New York City's vacancy rate dropped to 2.4 percent, according to data and analysis firm Reis, compared to an average of 5.2 percent for the nation as a whole. Nationally, Asking and effective rents each rose during the last… … Read more
Has the land deal been scrapped due to the plunging price of natural gas? Statistics: Posted by ccppww — Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:32 pm
Whaddya think of this idea? Will it fly?? http://www.businessinsider.com/jumbo-st … olm-2012-1 Statistics: Posted by GeorgiaGulf — Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:55 am
The tired light theory seeks to provide an alternative explanation for the redshift seen in distant galaxies, which is conventionally explained by the expansion of the universe. According to this theory, the energy carried by photons of light is somehow gradually dissipated as they travel through space, resulting in the wavelength increasing, so that the … Read more
Thermal cracking is a process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are subjected to high heat and temperature to break the molecular bonds and reduce the molecular weight of the substance being cracked. This process is used to extract usable components, known as fractions, which are released during the cracking process. Thermal cracking is … Read more
Equity kicker is a term in the mortgage contract by which the lender is guaranteed a …
Predictions for the year ahead in the prime central London property market are upbeat, which may encourage an increasing number of people to make a real estate investment in the city. Knight Frank recently revealed homes in the capital experienced price growth of 12.1 per cent during 2011, with a 0.8 per cent rise in … Read more
Anybody who follows the real estate market knows that the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) recently announced that they had been over-stating sales (oops) since 2007. Some people were quick to point out that this announcement means the housing market is doing worse than previously thought, but there might be another reason for this well-timed … Read more
Beech Street Capital LLC has announced that it provided $2.2 billion in multifamily financing, more than doubling its record-breaking performance in 2010, its first year. “This was really a breakthrough year for us,” said Grace Huebscher, Beech Street’s president and CEO. “The word is clearly getting out among borrowers that Beech Street is committed to providing … Read more