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RealFacts recently released its survey results of 2012 first quarter rental rate changes survey in 47 metro statistical areas. All but three of the metros managed to increase rental rates on a quarterly average basis. And all but two markets (Reno and Las Vegas) were able to show growth on a...
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When it comes to your company’s online reputation, be proactive, says Aaron Helfman, director of marketing for Korman Residential. Speaking this week at the Apartment Internet Marketing conference in Phoenix, Helfman, along with Jamie Gorski, senior vice president of corporate marketing for the...
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When it comes to online reputation management, ratings and reviews can be both a curse and a blessing. But with an average of 66 million unique visitors a month to Yelp.com (as of Q4 2011) it’s clear that when it comes to multifamily reputation management, the new reality is that potential renters...
Everyone talks about the shadow market, but no one seems to know how big it is. CoreLogic economist Sam Khater is taking steps to quantify that.
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You'd think reports of rising rents and almost no vacancy in parts of New York and San Francisco would be music to the ears of landlords. But is it really?
Just two years ago, it was hard to find money if you wanted to buy and rehab an apartment building. But as rents have recovered, the opportunity for rehab has opened up. That's brought money back in the game.
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Rental payment history may be more valuable than credit history in differentiating good renter prospects from bad.
The picture may be looking bright for multifamily in 2012, but that doesn't mean property managers can sit on their laurels. Whatever the year brings, these five tactics will be key to success.
2012 promises to take multifamily’s drivers on one hell of a ride.
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.
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After a two-year run of national, broad-based rent growth driven by economic headway and employment gains, analysts and industry observers point to weak wage and income trends as they question whether rent-growth momentum will sustain itself through 2012 and into next year.
Absent sudden surges in market valuation, home ownership typically generates zero real returns as an equity investment.
Home Ownership Showing Gains
Robust employment improvements and family-creation could cycle the Gen-Y demographic out of rental housing sooner than experts predict.
Multifamily Executive Magazine's special report on the changing dynamics of how apartments and single-family homes are being designed, marketed, and sold to the American Consumer
Apartment Occupancies Set to Hit Historical Highs
New multifamily industry data show that consumers are rethinking the prospect of owning a home in favor of renting.
The returns are starting to come in from 2011, and it looks like apartment owners were the winners. Earlier today, New York–based Reis reported that vacancy fell to 5.2 percent. That’s the lowest number since late 2001. New Haven, Conn., with a vacancy rate of 2.1 percent, and New York City, with...
Consumers are increasingly looking for sustainability features in their apartments, even if they aren't quite ready to pay for it yet.
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In their recent third-quarter earnings calls, apartment REIT CEOs noted that as occupancies tighten and rents move up, something else encouraging is happening—the quality of residents is also improving.