July 2009 Table of Contents

OVER THE PAST EIGHT months, it has been hard enough for brokers to find a buyer and seller willing to agree on a sales price for an apartment property. Read more

SLOW AND STEADY WINS the race, according to Aesop, and nowhere is that more evident than the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Read more

Capmark Financial Group has completed a financial restructuring designed to keep the wolves away from its door. Read more

Irvine, Calif.— Jamboree Housing Corp. has opened Granite Court Apartments. Read more

A BROAD HOUSING BILL that includes far-reaching efforts to reform the nation’s housing and financial markets was signed by President Barack Obama in May. Read more

GIVEN TODAY’S ECONOMY, things could be a lot worse in Boston. Read more

IT'S GETTING MORE DIFFICULT to find small loans these days. Read more

Tracy Bowers, a multifamily industry veteran, was named the senior director of real estate for Charlotte, N.C.-based Greystar Real Estate Partners. Read more

Call it the aftershock refi. Read more

When Trinity Property Consultants began its search for revenue management software, it naturally turned to the industry’s two leading offerings, Rainmaker’s LRO and Real- Page’s YieldStar. Read more