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Public Universities Turn To Private Sector To Develop Dormitories
Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by Bryan Ives.
Public universities around the country are handing over the process of building and financing on-campus dormitories to the private sector. The increase in demand for state college education, strict states budgets and the ability specialized student housing companies possess to build residence halls faster and cheaper are some of the reasons behind the change.
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Two California Companies Develop Their Own “REO-to-Rental” Platform
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Ives.
Following the announcement that the federal government will be implementing a pilot program in the first quarter to sell Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal Housing Administration REO homes in bulk to potential investors, two California companies are in the works to develop their own rental platform.
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Investors Favor City Apartments Over Suburban Communities
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Ives.
Apartment building sales continue to remain strong, but in some areas investors are opting to invest in properties in cities rather than the suburbs. Two deals in the Boston area serve as a prime example.
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Top Reasons To Be Optimistic About Real Estate Market In 2012
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Bosshardt.
Every agent I have has positive feelings about the year 2012. What’s even more shocking is that bank executives I have been talking to are positive for the first time since 2008. If you are a looking to perfectly time a long-term purchase of real estate, then this might well be the year to do it.
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NeighborWorks America Invests $1.3 Billion into Rental Homes
Posted on 13. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Ives.
NeighborWorks America invested over $1.3 billion in rental housing over the course of its fiscal year ending Sept. 30. The organization consists of 235 independent nonprofit organizations and owns or manages 90,000 rental homes. CEO Eileen Fitzgerald plans to build out the portfolio to exceed 100,000 rental homes through 2013.
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Elin Nordegren Demolishes $12 Million Mansion Due to Termites
Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Ives.
Tiger Woods’ ex wife, Elin Nordegren decided to have her $12 million dollar Palm Beach mansion torn down.
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What Property Managers Need to Know Now About the Real Estate Market
Posted on 30. Dec, 2011 by Marc Courtenay.
Property managers need to streamline the application and screening process of filling vacancies. Finding good renters in this economy is becoming a numbers game. The better you know the condition of the housing market in your area, and the more potential renters you can reach and process, the more you’ll succeed.
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RealtyTrac Report Shows Foreclosures on the Rise
Posted on 09. Dec, 2011 by Bryan Ives.
A US Foreclosure Market Report for October was recently produced by the Irvine, CA based Realtytrac.
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Cypress Equity and Fifield Plan to Build 1,000 Apartments in Los Angeles
Posted on 07. Dec, 2011 by Bryan Ives.
Michael Sorochinsky , CEO of Los Angeles based Cypress Equity Investments and Steven Fifield, CEO of Chicago’s Fifield Cos., plan on developing 1000 new apartments in the Los Angeles area.
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Generation Y Will Raise Rents
Posted on 04. Nov, 2011 by Nora Betz.
According to a report compiled by Urban Land Institute, Generation Y will alter the housing market while creating a multi-generational household trend.
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Renting vs. Owning: The Rent Ratio
Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by Marc Courtenay.
The buy-versus-rent question is particularly relevant right now as we see home prices continuing to decline and interest rates on new mortgages also going down to the lowest levels in 60 years. Back in April of 2010 The New York Times did an impressive job of explaining the ratio that helps define whether it is economically more sensible for residents to buy or rent their housing.
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Grow Your Property Management Business with New Investors
Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 by Marc Courtenay.
These are the “better times”, when interest rates are their historical lowest and the number of people needing rental housing is growing exponentially with each passing year. As one publication stated it, “However, in real estate, the right time, the most advantageous time, is always the present.”
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Media Mogul John Malone is the Largest Land Owner in U.S.
Posted on 13. Oct, 2011 by Nora Betz.
With Ted Turner a close runner up, John Malone is now the largest land owner in the United States.
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Let Your Owners Know You’re a Source for Real Estate News
Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Marc Courtenay.
Give owners some ideas on how they can take advantage of today’s real estate and financial trends. Impress them with your creativity and business acumen.
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Baby Boomers and the Housing Market
Posted on 23. Sep, 2011 by Nora Betz.
According to NAR, baby boomers could reinvigorate the real estate market for a couple of reasons.
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Bulldozer-Style Foreclosures and Their Hidden Potential
Posted on 29. Aug, 2011 by Marc Courtenay.
There are many ways for a lending institution to handle a foreclosure, and there are apparently many ways to deal with the foreclosed property after they have it in their possession. There are close to 1.7 million houses in the U.S. in some stage of foreclosure. Banks already own a large number of these houses and will soon repossess many more. Housing economists worry that a near constant stream of home sales by banks could keep housing prices down for years to come. But what if some of those homes virtually “disappeared” and weren’t sold?
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Making Rentals Out of Foreclosures
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by Aimee Miller.
The White House said that it is looking to move more than 92,000 foreclosed properties (that are currently owned by the US government) into rental units. The Obama administration is looking into new ways to sell these foreclosed homes owned by Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac to investors who would then rent out the properties.
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Eliminate Property Management Time Wasters
Posted on 09. Aug, 2011 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
Streamlining office operations can go a long way toward instituting and utilizing proper time management techniques. Below are a few time-consuming procedures that you may want to consider eliminating in order to create more free time tomorrow. While you’re at it, take a look around your office – most of us all have our own time wasters that need to be eliminated.
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Parents Are Buying Property for Their Kids
Posted on 24. Jun, 2011 by Nora Betz.
Some parents are taking advantage of the current slump in the real estate market and are purchasing real estate for their kids who recently graduated from school.
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Who Doesn’t Want Residential Income Property Right Now?
Posted on 26. May, 2011 by Marc Courtenay.
Owning and managing residential income property is not for the faint of heart. Dealing personally with residents, filling vacancies, collecting the rent and maintaining the properties are the reasons many owners hire professional property managers.
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Working With Real Estate Investment Groups and Associations
Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 by Marc Courtenay.
A property manager’s best friend may be her own imagination and creativity. Yes, nothing floats like experience, but sometimes we have to go out of our own “comfort zones” to fish in unchartered waters. Recently I spoke to a group of real estate developers who formed a Syndicate for investors to participate in their projects.
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Experts Believe Housing Recovery Still Years Away
Posted on 13. Dec, 2010 by Aimee Miller.
Industry experts are predicting that the housing market will stay depressed until 2014. Increasing mortgage rates, high number of foreclosures and so many available but distressed properties are the primary contributors to our difficult current state of affairs.
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6 Million Sq Ft Property Management Take Over
Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Nora Betz.
Unico Properties of Seattle, WA will now manage the real estate previously held by ScanlanKemperBard. SKB is known as one of the largest real estate investment companies in Portland, OR and contacted Unico several months ago to look into its “operational efficiency” said John Lamb, the CFO and senior VP of Property Management at Unico.
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Good News for Property Managers…Carpe Diem!
Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by Marc Courtenay.
These challenging times present many bargains, discounts and some exceptional opportunities for property managers. Although rental rates have dropped and vacancies soared in many areas of the country, there are many reasons to believe we are at or near the bottom.
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