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President Barack Obama has introduced a series of housing policy proposals aimed at fueling momentum for the economy. Good policy, or good politics? The issue for multifamily players is to play down externalities and strengthen their companies for any conditions, favorable or adverse.
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Apartment Operators Ready to Push Rents Hard and Fast as significant supply demand balances exist in the market and histicorical highs have yet to be breached.
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More than 20 bills dealing with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and housing finance reform in general have been proposed in the House of Representatives, but few if any have gained traction. Meanwhile, the GSEs continue to march toward profitability, potentially paving the way for a spin-off.
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NAHB's chairman explains why, with the uncertainty surrounding tax reform and housing finance, the multifamily sector must guard its interests at all levels of government.
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MFE Pop Quiz: NMHC/NAA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Cindy Chetti. In her first media interview since joining NMHC, Chetti shares her insider’s view on partisan balance, the future of the GSEs, and the growing need and acceptance of the multifamily industry in the formation of...
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In 1995, a young U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) researcherapproached then-HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros to lay out an opportunity. The American economy was about to take off into an almost unprecedented economic expansion, and, with the tailwinds of this growth at its back...
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In a wide-ranging interview, Michael Berman, president and CEO of CWCapital, discusses his company's acquisition by Fortress Investment Group, the state of the multifamily market, and his work in helping to shape our nation's future housing finance system as chairman-elect of the Mortgage Bankers...
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) showed its staunch support for green building at its annual meeting last week in Oklahoma City by passing five resolutions that benefit the built environment.
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Mississippi and Texas are in the hot seat, charged with inadequately allocating Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) disaster recovery funds to benefit low-income residents displaced by hurricanes.
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The Washington, D.C.-based National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and Arlington, Va.-based National Apartment Association (NAA) announced last month that they have agreed to continue their joint legislative program to lobby Capitol Hill on behalf of the multifamily apartment industry. Here are their...