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National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Mark Obrinsky |
Condo Craze Leads to Strategic Shift The condo market is hot. Sales of condos and co-ops have reached record levels, and prices continue to climb.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2007 |
NAHB's Multifamily Market Snapshot A record number of empty residential rental units on the market, accompanied by sluggish job growth, dampens the outlook for the rental apartment sector through the end of this year.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Condo Converters' Surprising Impact The pace at which developers are converting apartments into condominiums is having a positive effect on apartment fundamentals in the short term. Yet, in the long run apartment owners may be forced to make significant capital expenditures to compete with luxury condos.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Steve McLinden |
Investors Undaunted by Excess Supply Apartments were a strategic investment target in 2004 and should remain so in 2005, even as occupancy and rental rates remain relatively flat in the shadow of a still-resilient single-family housing market.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Matt Valley |
A New Phase in Condo Craze There's a new twist to the condominium development and investment boom. Single-family home builders are entering the condo arena due to changing demographics, greater difficulty finding available land on which to build single-family lots, and pressure to grow revenues.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2005 Parke M. Chapman |
Condo-Conversion Hangover? Thanks largely to the continuing condo-conversion craze, sale prices of multifamily properties jumped 34% in the first 10 months of 2005. For 2006, however, the condo-conversion party is expected to wind down.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Walter Woods |
Post Properties Makes Move into Condo Market Having seen low interest rates and demographic shifts empty many of its rental units, the Atlanta-based REIT that made a name for itself leasing garden apartments is going condo.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2005 Christine Rombouts |
Indulging in Luxury Investments Multifamily developers invest in this upscale market. Increased demand is also attracting developers from other real estate markets.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Parke M. Chapman |
Vultures Circle Condo Market Although South Florida has become the poster child for the condo craze, other markets are experiencing plenty of construction activity. For vulture investors that structure their capital-raising efforts around a market collapse, timing is almost everything.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Housing Wobble Lifts Apartment Industry Falling vacancies, rising rents and limited new supply have bolstered the apartment market in recent quarters.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Apartment Market Rediscovery In New York, apartment investors looking for deals may actually benefit from a slowdown in conversion-led apartment sales. The reason? Condo-mania has chiseled away at apartment yields.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2012 Sara Drummond |
Residential Resurgence? A recovering housing market may lift all boats -- including commercial real estate.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2007 David Baird |
Moving Into Multifamily Economic indicators look good for apartment performance and will tempt investors throughout the year. Opportunities for strong returns exist in several markets.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2009 Linwood C. Thompson |
Maintaing Value The economy slows the multifamily sector's progress, but strong properties hold firm.  |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 James Mehring |
Housing: Will Surging Supply Pop The Bubble? As the housing market plateaus, speculative activity will evaporate. That's when housing should slow noticeably.  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Go Condo for College? Overall, buying a home for your college kids to live in isn't the path to quick riches that it once was. As a way to keep costs down and introduce students to the realities of adult finance, however, it's still worth considering.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 |
Letters to the Editor Condo rentals will multiply... Hurricane victims express heartfelt thanks...  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2003 Cassidy & Ausburn |
Cities Provide Incentives to Increase Urban Multifamily Development Demographic, social, and economic changes are creating long-term opportunities for multifamily developers and investors to acquire, build, and redevelop properties in urban cores.  |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2011 Hui-yong Yu |
Apartment Construction: Things Are Looking Up With home foreclosures helping to drive people into rentals and construction costs flat, builders plan to put up apartment buildings again.  |
BusinessWeek June 4, 2007 James Mehring |
Don't Fret About This Housing Number There are good reasons to discount the latest drop in housing permits and to expect the economic drag from housing to begin to diminish.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Charles Krawitz |
Investment Outlook Grows Brighter For Apartments With rising interest rates, tepid job growth and stagnant wages, residential real estate has come under pressure. The answer for savvy real estate investors may lie in the multifamily market.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Condo Conversion Loans Raise Red Flag Concerns are rising that many condo conversion loans might sour, given the prospect of higher interest rates and overbuilt condo markets. Industry experts say conversion sponsors looking to turn a quick profit pose the greatest risk to lenders.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Jane Adler |
Seniors Housing Sizzles In Southwest Opus West is making a major foray into the seniors housing market.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2006 Allison Landa |
Building Outside the Box The apartment REIT AvalonBay strives to diversify its portfolio and expand clientele in competitive markets.  |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 James C. Cooper |
A Housing Upturn Suggests Recovery Is Near Price declines, low mortgage rates, and first-time buyer perks are sparking real estate gains -- and the beginning of the end of the recession  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2013 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Magnetic Attraction Investors remain drawn to multifamily assets.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2008 Gary M. Tenzer |
Back to Fundamentals Rising interest rates and a lack of inexpensive debt in the finance market have ushered in a more sober tone among multi-family investors and lenders. Basic strategies help investors obtain financing for multifamily transactions.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Steve McLinden |
Space Crunch In a city facing one of the most profound real estate challenges in modern history, the opportunities and impasses seem to square off against one another in almost every neighborhood, and the New Orleans-area multifamily sector is no exception.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2005 Nancy Chesley |
Help Wanted In late 2004 the national economy continued to strengthen... Looking for Jobs... Office Rebounds... Multifamily Improves... Retail Runs Out of Gas... Warehouse Remains Steady... Hotels Fill Up...  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 |
Multifamily Resource Guide Links to articles of interest to multi-family investors.  |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 James Mehring |
Housing: Builders Bite The Bullet It's unlikely that the housing recession has suddenly deepened. Rather, homebuilders have set themselves up finally to reduce their inventories of unsold homes.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 |
A Monthly Meter of Industry Trends Seniors Housing Industry Breaks New Ground... Office REITs Trail Equity REIT Index... Industrial Rental Rates Plod Toward Recovery... Condo Converts...  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Anthony Downs |
Dissecting the Housing Bubble Question The most widely discussed real estate issue in the United States today boils down to a two-part question: Does a housing bubble in America exist? And if so, will it burst?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2004 Sara Drummond |
The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges.  |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Here's Why the Rental Market Is a Disaster Textbooks might say rental rates should have risen lately. Here's why that's wrong.  |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2007 Emil Lee |
AvalonBay's Soft Landing The REIT grows at a decelerating pace. The current housing slump has been both a positive and a negative for the company.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Beth Mattson-Teig |
A Real Downtown in Downtown LA Now, after a decade of planning and false starts, the effort to rebuild a thriving 24/7 neighborhood in the old downtown is gaining traction. There is a wave of high-profile public projects in the works, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a surge in residential building.  |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Coy & Miller |
Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool.  |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
This Housing Market Is On Fire! Instead of trying to guess when home prices might stop falling, some investors have turned elsewhere to look for gains -- and they're finding them in the red-hot market for residential rental properties.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2013 Rich Rosfelder |
Development Deja Vu Multifamily construction revisits secondary and tertiary markets.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2011 Rich Rosfelder |
Multifamily Media Frenzy Apartment investments still rule the front page.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Morris Newman |
Barry Shy's Gamble In a deal touted as the largest adaptive reuse project in downtown Los Angeles, local multifamily developer Barry Shy has paid $75 million for a block in the city's Broadway-Spring district, an elephant's graveyard of earlier attempts at redevelopment.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Joe Gose |
Condo Hotel Chase Afoot The condo hotel industry is coming to grips with its first-ever construction boom. But more questions than answers surround condo hotels, including whether there is enough demand to support the proposed developments.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 26, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Report: NYC apartment, office markets remain strong Despite job losses and the effects of 9/11, investor demand for multifamily and office properties in New York City remains strong. And that isn't about to change.  |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Kathleen Madigan |
After The Housing Boom What the real estate slowdown means for the economy.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 Stephanie Bell |
Rebuilding Multifamily New Orleans keeps this sector alive as brokers piece together the city.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2003 Chesley & Novak |
Recovery Ahead? Commercial real estate waits for the economic green light.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 H. Lee Murphy |
A New Era For Affordable Housing The competition for affordable housing tax credits and related incentives is as intense as ever among developers. Project sponsors are searching for ways to stand apart from the mainstream: The gray, boxy apartment towers of yesteryear are giving way to eye-catching mixed-use facilities  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 David J. Adelman |
New Course of Direction for Student Housing There is an underserved luxury-apartment niche near college campuses, and savvy developers are seizing the opportunity.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 Steve Bergsman |
Office Condo Capital A real healthy employment market typically fuels office development, but in the Phoenix area an entirely new phenomenon has occurred. While general office construction has been in the doldrums, strong job growth has led to a boom in office condo construction.  |