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  • MAA's Secondary Markets Strategy Evolves

    MAA's secondary markets strategy sets it apart from its peers.

  • Home in the Heartland

    Kansas City offers multifamily players steady growth, solid metrics, and an opportunity to deliver new urban destinations.

  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers Respond to MFE's Special Report on HUD, PHA

  • Foreign Interest

    In the past, buying multifamily properties in the United States was a no-brainer for foreign investors if they could afford it. The selling point: stability. With political and economic stability, foreign investors can feel secure about putting their money in American apartments, according to Wayne...

  • Golden Idea

    At a 2004 meeting, San Jose city officials and consulting attorneys were mulling how to pay for 13 planned developments that would provide 2,000 units of affordable housing. Then Julie Cooper, the city's deputy director of finance, posed a question: Why couldn't the San Jose Redevelopment Agency...

  • Credit Concern

    It's no secret that the mad rush to homeownership pulled residents away from apartments at the same time as the shaky economy and lack of new jobs has kept new renters from filling those empty spots. But it has also left apartment firms trying to raise occupancy levels facing another challenge: The...

  • Home Run

    Upon first glance, it seems hard to believe that Richard Wilpon, Michael Katz, and Tom Osterman run the diversified investment company that also owns the New York Mets. Sure, the three dress the part of successful businessmen, wearing dark, expensive-looking suits for a photo shoot held three hours...