Commercial

REALTORS Recognized for Increasing Affordable Housing

WASHINGTON - August 15, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The city of Asheville, N.C., has been named an Ambassador City by the National Association of Realtors® and the U.S. Conference of Mayors for expanding affordable housing.

HUD settles lawsuit with California hazard reporting company and real estate brokerage

HUD also wins ruling giving it authority to recover illegal profitsWASHINGTON, D.C. - August 11, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) —
 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it has settled its federal lawsuit under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) against Property I.D. Corporation, a large hazard reporting company in California, Realogy […]

Builder Confidence In The Condo Market Continues To Decline

August 8, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Builder confidence in the market for condominiums continued to fall in the second quarter of 2008, according to the Multifamily Condo Market Index (MCMI), released today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The latest decline pushed two of the three components of the MCMI to their lowest […]

Best Cities For Young Professionals

A year-long shakeout on Wall Street has put once-proud companies in the red and trimmed thousands of high-salaried jobs from payrolls.

Commercial Real Estate Easing in Economic Slowdown

WASHINGTON, Commercial real estate vacancies are trending up modestly, while investment has dropped sharply in the wake of the credit crunch, according to preliminary information for the latest COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK* of the National Association of Realtors®.

Mobile Homes on Their Way to Arkansas Residents

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The first mobile homes will be delivered to eligible Arkansas residents affected by the Feb. 5 tornadoes beginning Saturday, April 5. The units will be transported from the Hope staging area to commercial and private sites throughout the state. 

Apartment Industry Remains Stable Despite Financial Turmoil, According to NMHC’s Annual Ranking of Top 50 Apartment Firms

Results Also Show Large Property Management Firms Replacing Small Regional Firms
WASHINGTON, DC – The challenging economic times and financial market disruptions are having little impact on the apartment industry’s biggest firms, according to the National Multi Housing Council’s 19th annual ranking of the 50 largest U.S. apartment owners and the 50 largest U.S. apartment managers.

AHFC Takes Housing Forums Statewide “Alaska’s Housing Market: Built to Last”

Anchorage, Friday, March 28, 2008 – National headlines about the housing market could make anyone nervous. But there are true differences between Alaska’s real estate and the Lower 48
markets. Alaska’s prices are stable, interest rates are low, and Alaska’s economy is strong, Get the facts at a free public meeting hosted by Alaska Housing Finance […]

Apartment Industry Says FCC Rules Restricting Contracts With Telephone Providers Will Increase Prices, Lower Service

WASHINGTON, DC - At its open meeting today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote to ban exclusive contracts between apartment owners and providers of telephone service.  Jim Arbury, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC)/National Apartment Association (NAA) Joint Legislative Program issued the following statement in […]

Apartment Industry Says FCC Rules Restricting Contracts With Telephone Providers Will Increase Prices, Lower Service

WASHINGTON, DC - At its open meeting today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote to ban exclusive contracts between apartment owners and providers of telephone service.  Jim Arbury, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC)/National Apartment Association (NAA) Joint Legislative Program issued the following statement in […]