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Maureen Friar has been named president and CEO of the National Housing Conference (NHC). Read more
Saved by the Bell
TAILOR LOFTS FIRST CAME across Bob Clark’s desk back in 2007, and even pre-recession there was question as to whether to redevelop the historic downtown Chicago office building into a student housing community. Read more
Fannie Mae provided $19.8 billion in multifamily debt last year, and Freddie Mac was close behind with $16.6 billion in 2009. Read more
The FHA has become the most prolific and popular construction debt source since the advent of the credit crunch. But the agency has unveiled proposed changes to its Sec. 221(d)(4) and Sec. 223(f) programs which could make it much harder for developers to gain access to those programs, according to an announcement at the MBA/CREF Conference this week. Read more
Working Our Way Out
THE GREAT RECESSION arrived quickly and dramatically, but the climb out is happening at a much slower, more modest speed. Read more
Burning Off the June Gloom
OF THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL real estate “food groups,” multifamily has always enjoyed particularly good strength in San Diego. Read more
Rainmaker Group has been fielding calls from smaller multifamily owner/operators looking for an introductory path to automated pricing. Read more
