CategoryIndustry Happenings

July 2, 2015

Housing Trends: The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015

By Jenn Ryan

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02July

Harvard recently published a study regarding housing the United States. Topics covered included housing markets, demographics, homeownership, the rental market, and housing challenges. What are some trends, opportunities, and challenges that were presented in the study, and what does this mean for owners, investors, and property managers? Housing Trends 01: Homeownership Down, Rentals Up...

January 5, 2015

Housing Market Predictions for 2015: Part 2

By Elizabeth Hayes

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05January

Rental markets will stay strong While first time home ownership will rise in 2015, thanks to households headed by 30-somethings bankrolled by greater job security and rising confidence in the housing market, younger Millennials leaving college dorms and their parent’s homes will keep the rental market robust. Americans in their 20s strongly prefer to rent in urban centers close to jobs and...

January 2, 2015

Housing Market Predictions for 2015: Part 1

By Elizabeth Hayes

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02January

With the New Year approaching, consumers, investors, industry experts, and policy makers alike all cast a critical eye toward the 2015 real estate market. 2015 marks nine years since the housing bubble peaked before crashing, and three years after home prices hit a record low post-recession. This recovery has been a slow one, and 2015 will continue the trend of slow growth, but the market is...

January 1, 2015

College Property Markets That Rocked in 2014

By Kurt Kroeck

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01January

RealtyTrac’s Q2, 2014 Residential Property Rental Report, had some interesting things to say about what markets rocked and what markets just sunk like rocks. A look at the report shows that the second quarter just wasn’t as great as the same time last year: the average annual return for 2014 was about 9.9% compared to the 10.60% of 2013. While the report gives us a great look at all areas...

December 26, 2014

2015 Rental Market Trend Predictions

By Kurt Kroeck

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26December

Multi-family is a market that is on an increasing uptick, as homeownership is still at an all time low. Rents continue to rise in response, and trends are looking very promising for the rental housing market in 2015. Though a number of sources have indicated that 2015 might be a fairly big year for home-buying, this is due to two factors: first time homebuyers with more cash and credit and the...

March 24, 2014

Freddie Mac’s Report On The Multifamily Markets

By Kurt Kroeck

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24March

 
According to Freddie Mac’s recent report, the multifamily market has been showing signs of things moving towards better times. As a matter of fact, many economists credit the conditions of the multifamily market with leading the way in terms of recovery in a broader scope macro economy.

March 4, 2014

Dealing With a Late Paying Tenant In Georgia

By Kurt Kroeck

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04March

Next up in my local places series, I’m exploring Georgia laws around late payment of rent. I have spoken to a number of landlords and property management professionals about the most common questions they have. Probably the second most asked question is: what do I do if I have a tenant that needs to pay late? This is not a problem that is isolated to Georgia, so if you’re a landlord in another...

February 10, 2014

Saint Louis Rental Trends

By Kurt Kroeck

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10February

Multi-family housing across the nation is on the uptick due to restricted credit markets and other economic issues. More and more people are shifting towards lifestyles that involve a lot of flexibility and all of this comes together to broaden rental markets. Because more people want the flexibility to move, should opportunity arise for better job prospects and because many people are hesitant...

February 7, 2014

Are Freddie and Fannie Coming Back?

By Kurt Kroeck

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07February

The US Senate floor was lively in January with over 30 Democrats urging initiatives to help Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to continue working on affordable housing programs. There are two unused funds that have been established by Congress since 2008, in order to finance such programs- using a part of the two organization’s revenue to fund it. In November, funds were suspended by the Federal Housing...

January 22, 2014

Urban Chickens?

By Kurt Kroeck

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22January

So, many blogs have been advocating being more pet friendly in your rentals, but what about livestock?
If you’ve got images of cows running through the courtyard of your apartment complex- you’ve got a great imagination and are taking it a little too far. What I am talking about is a recent trend that’s got some people crowing with delight and others squawking.