Yearly Archives: 2018

Apartment market conditions continued to soften according to results from the January National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. The Market Tightness (36), Sales Volume (40) and Debt Financing (38) Indexes landed below the breakeven level of 50, while the Equity Financing Index increased to 58.

Every January, EPA promotes National Radon Action Month, but EPA's efforts to protect the public from radon don't begin or end with the month of January. People need to be aware of the risks from exposure to radon and take action to protect themselves and their families

An expert panel of real estate and land use professionals convened in Boston by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) has identified key priorities to guide future real estate development that could be catalyzed by a proposed underground rail line that will link two major transit hubs—North Station and South Station—and unify two currently separate commuter rail systems.

Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me today. One of my top priorities as Treasury Secretary is sustained economic growth for the American people, and so I am happy to report that the growth rate of the economy over the past year was higher than the average over the prior twenty years and included two straight quarters of 3 percent or higher GDP growth.

Washington, D.C. - (RealEstateRama) -- President Donald Trump’s so-called plan to fix the nation’s infrastructure would gut or require significant changes to no fewer...

Don’t miss the upcoming CxEnergy 2018 Conference & Expo, to be held April 23-26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fifth annual CxEnergy provides topical, in-depth educational presentations for commissioning; testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB); and energy management professionals. The National Institute of Building Sciences is a supporting organization of the event

With engagement and partnership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a project to provide a drinking water source for North Texas is closer to getting underway. The Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir project, as proposed by the North Texas Municipal Water District, will create water supply reservoir to provide drinking water to cities north and east of Dallas, Texas

Construction Executive magazine, published by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with the launch of its new and improved website, ConstructionExec.com, and a new digital newsletter, CE This Week.

What do you look for when you have to get some good, nice window coverings? It is quality, price, and reputation that helps you to make up your mind and select a Blinds Canada company. What customers look for is a reliable quality having a competitive price and good reviews from the previous customers. Many times, we have noticed that customers have to pay some hidden charges as well that seems very inconvenient.

With the supply of affordable rental housing declining throughout the U.S., NeighborWorks America reported today that its network of local non-profit builders invested more than $2.7 billion into the development and preservation — through construction, rehabilitation, refinance, and purchase of new and existing apartments — of affordable rental homes for low- and moderate-income households.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for December 2017.

Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, a nationally-recognized real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, announced today that the firm has completed the sale of Roosevelt Plaza @ Carlsbad Village, a 19,950-square-foot three story mixed-use property comprised of retail, creative office and residential located in the coastal community of Carlsbad in north San Diego County, California. The purchase price was $8,195,000, representing a cap rate of 5.33 percent.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a top-to-bottom review of its manufactured housing rules as part of a broader effort to identify regulations that may be ineffective, overly burdensome, or excessively costly given the critical need for affordable housing. For the next 30 days, HUD is accepting public comments to identify existing or planned manufactured housing regulatory actions to assess their actual and potential compliance costs and whether those costs are justified against the backdrop of the nation's shortage of affordable housing.

CBRE Executive Vice President Philip D. Voorhees announced today that he and the National Retail Partners-West (NRP-West), on behalf of Oppidan, Inc., the property owner and developer, completed the sale of the newly-constructed Friendly Hills Marketplace in Whittier, California, a power center, 100% leased to national and regional credit tenants including Orchard Supply Hardware (NYSE: LOW), HomeGoods (NYSE: TJX), ULTA Beauty, and Skechers.

More than 250 national, state, and local organizations called on FEMA to implement proven disaster-recovery housing solutions like the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) for families with the lowest incomes. They note that the need for DHAP is underscored by FEMA’s recent decision to abruptly end its Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) for displaced Puerto Rican families in Connecticut

Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 9.3 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 625,000 units, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite this monthly decline, new home sales rose 8.3 percent overall in 2017 to 608,000 units.

California & Nevada Have Biggest Job Gains for the Year, Iowa and Missouri Have Largest Declines;California and Montana Add the Most Jobs for the Month while New Jersey Loses the Most Jobs

MISMO® , the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, today announced its 2017 Contributor Award Winners. "MISMO's tremendous success over the past year is directly attributable to the contributions of many highly skilled individuals who are ready and willing to collaborate to support the industry. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to recognize these individuals for their important contributions," said Richard Hill, Executive Vice President of MISMO and Vice President of Industry Technology for the Mortgage Bankers Association.