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California home construction reaches all-time low in 2011
Jan. 26--Responding to falling prices and stiff competition from foreclosures, home building activity in 2011 dropped to an all-time low in Inland Southern California, according to a report released Wednesday by the California Building Industry Association.
Seattle Sits Pretty
Nicknamed the Emerald City for its lush evergreen forests, Seattle has evolved into a jewel of a multifamily market, as well.
Corporate Ladder: Q&A with Stribling & Associates’ New VP Brendon DeSimone
Brendon DeSimone established himself on the West Coast as a leading real estate expert, earning a spot in the top 2 percent of brokers at the San Francisco-based Paragon Real Estate Group.

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Mountain

Comeback Cities
Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Miami have been lumped together as the poster children for distress, but each metro is climbing back up in its own way.
Analysts Supportive of Equity's Recent Move in Archstone Sale
Last week’s announcement by Chicago-based Equity Residential (EQR) that it entered into an agreement to spend $1.325 billion in cash for a 26.5 percent ownership interest in Denver-based Archstone, which owns 48,922 units and has 1,332 units under construction, took some people by surprise.
Archstone Sale Watch
Multifamily Executive is keeping close tabs on the potential sale of Archstone, as Lehman Bros., Bank of America, and Barclay’s try to navigate the right disposition strategy for the portfolio that was taken private for $22 billion in 2007. Check out our coverage, along with breaking news from...

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Plains

In Cities, Purchasing Multifamily Pays Over Renting
Trulia's index shows buying an attached home is a better deal than renting in most U.S. cities.
Hottest Multifamily Markets for 2011
These markets are likely to see the biggest increases in multifamily construction in 2011, based on 2010 permit data.
Healthiest Housing Markets for 2011
The Builder Market Health Index points to much better prospects for 2011.

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Great Lakes

Analysts Supportive of Equity's Recent Move in Archstone Sale
Last week’s announcement by Chicago-based Equity Residential (EQR) that it entered into an agreement to spend $1.325 billion in cash for a 26.5 percent ownership interest in Denver-based Archstone, which owns 48,922 units and has 1,332 units under construction, took some people by surprise.
Download of the Week: Social Media Q&A With RentSentinel's Eric Broughton
Chicago-based RentSentinel launches an application to give leasing agents the ability to manage an entire portfolio’s worth of social media sites directly from a single platform.
City Slickers: Apartment Investors Still Closing Big Downtown Deals
Who says the high barrier to entry acquisition market is all dried up? If recent deals by Dallas, Tex.-based Behringer Harvard, the Irvine, Calif.-based Bascom Group, and Chicago’s Waterton Residential and Equity Residential are any indication, A-class assets in first tier metro markets are still...

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West South Central

Non-Refundable Deposits on the Rise
Non-refundable, non-due diligence deposits are a buyer-driven phenomenon, and typically signify froth in competitive markets.
Corporate Ladder: Q&A with Collier’s New VP of Operations Courtney Gaines
Courtney Gaines has been in the multifamily industry all her professional life. Over the course of 15 years at Westwood Residential in Texas, she climbed the ladder from leasing consultant to director of management over the firm’s portfolio of 14,000 units.

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East South Central

Thousands on waiting lists for low-income housing in Chattanooga
Jan. 23--Loretta Tate is a 30-year-old mother of two, and she has no home.
Nashville, Tenn.
Community spirit is helping Music City build and grow.

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New England

Hottest Multifamily Markets for 2011
These markets are likely to see the biggest increases in multifamily construction in 2011, based on 2010 permit data.
Healthiest Housing Markets for 2011
The Builder Market Health Index points to much better prospects for 2011.
Cool Houses That Challenge the Status Quo
Four unconventional homes offer elements of the unexpected.

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Mid-Atlantic

Good, or at least non-bad, signs on the housing market
Jan. 24--David H. Stevens, president of the Mortgage Bankers Association, recently paraphrased Thomas Jefferson in assessing the housing market: It's "swimming with the current rather than standing like a rock," and what is needed now is "rock-like certainty."
Building Blocks: Gotham Organization Takes on Midtown
The New York City–based Gotham Organization recently announced that it has commenced construction on a $520 million residential development encompassing nearly an entire city block in Manhattan.

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South Atlantic

Iconic Bank Building to Become Apartments
Jan. 24--One of Richmond's first skyscrapers is being converted into apartments.
With Lessons Learned, Northwood Ravin Rises From Crosland's Ashes
David Ravin, the onetime head of Crosland's multifamily division, has started a new firm and is taking some former Crosland developments, employees, and property management assignments with him—not to mention a few lessons learned.

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Local Markets

Houston Shines Brightly

Long known as the energy capital of the world, resource-rich Houston is fast developing additional assets that make the metro a shining multifamily market.
Uncertainty a “Megatrend” for D.C. Housing Market

Washington, D.C., led the apartment market out of the recession, but with oversupply and government cuts on the horizon, that could soon change.
Military, Mayhem Fuel El Paso’s Starts

In his recent webinar, Mark Humphreys, CEO of Dallas-based Humphreys and Partners Architects, talked about a demand explosion in El Paso, Texas, fueled by a couple of demographic factors unique to that border. In fact, Humphreys himself is working on two deals in the town.
Comeback Cities

Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Miami have been lumped together as the poster children for distress, but each metro is climbing back up in its own way.
Seattle Sits Pretty

Nicknamed the Emerald City for its lush evergreen forests, Seattle has evolved into a jewel of a multifamily market, as well.

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Multifamily Starts

Multifamily Developers See Competition Stiffen

Multifamily Developers See Competition Stiffen
Top Multifamily Builders Re-emerge in 2010

After not starting a single unit in 2009, major builders jumped back into construction mode last year.
Top Builders Disappear

It’s not a mistake: The multifamily development sector’s longtime major players didn’t make the 2010 rankings.
Multifamily Starts: Pogo-Sticking into Nothingness

The Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported data from its multifamily market indexes last week in...
Multifamily Starts Pull Down April Figures

Housing starts fell in April to 458,000, 12.8% below March’s estimated 525,000 starts and 54.2% off the April 2008 pace. This time, it was...

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Research

Renting Gaining in Popularity on Homeownership

New multifamily industry data show that consumers are rethinking the prospect of owning a home in favor of renting.
Tidewater Virginia: Old Dominion University and Hampton University

The Unit 6 house is intended for Virginia’s more temperate climate.
CFO Strategies Survey Benchmarks Multifamily Industry's Optimism

Multifamily finance professionals are growing increasingly optimistic, budgeting for continued growth in 2012, according to a recent survey...
Feedback Frenzy

Apartment firms try to strike a balance between collecting vital information and overloading residents with surveys.
Corporate Ladder: Dr. Sam Chandan’s New Venture

Dr. Sam Chandan is embarking on a quest to reach the housing sector with up-to-date, refined analysis of the real estate market.

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