Market Makers
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have heard the footsteps coming over the past year, but their perch atop the multifamily debt market looks safe for 2012. Read more
Distress Test
FOR THE MOST PART, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Miami really have nothing in common but sand. Read more
Marketing 101
With state budget woes preventing new spending on college dormitories, off-campus housing has become the BMOC (big man on campus) when it comes to housing students. Read more
Back in the Game
Grubb Properties is back in full force. Since paring its 35-property portfolio of nearly 5,000 units down to five properties in June 2007— before the downturn caused cap rates to compress—the Charlotte, N.C based comp Read more
Buying Time
Time is money, as the saying goes, but in some cases, biding your time is the richest strategy of all. Read more
ONCE A YEAR, MY GRANDMOTHER makes a thick, incredibly flavorful soup called calehpaacheh, which translates to “from head to toe." Read more
Austin City Limitless
Education. Technology. Government. Austin, Texas, has it all, so it's no wonder the city continues to thrive as one of the most desirable places for corporate relocation and new business expansion. Read more
AS MORE RENTERS MIGRATE to electronic payment platforms, they’re being helped along by new debitcard fee regulations contained in the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Read more
Bobby De Niro’s got some new neighbors Read more
THE APARTMENT market kept growing in August and September, according to third-quarter rents data, but things did slow from the frenzied increases of earlier this year. Read more
IN OCTOBER, ATLANTA-BASED Wood Partners made a move that has been all too rare the past few years: It purchased land in Florida. Read more
At the Heart of It All
Kansas City is the most centrally located major metro area in the nation Read more