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Tag: January February 2012

The January February 2012 issue of Yield PRO magazine

Cheaper by the dozen

In mid-January, the apartment REIT announced the exercise of an option to purchase the 80 percent interest not currently owned by Camden in 12...
Sam Miller

Sam Miller is why this industry is amazing

At present, he is co-chairman emeritus of Forest City Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. With nearly $12 billion in assets, the National Multi...
Secretary of HUD Shaun Donovan

Gays/lesbians inch toward becoming protected class

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has introduced a new rule intended to ensure equal access to the department's core housing...

Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts fastest-growing jobs

Assuming a full-employment economy with an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent by 2020, the BLS expects total U.S. employment to rise 14.3 percent over...

Fire the customer

Obviously, any business would like to be "better" according to its customers' preferences. And eventually, someone inevitably says: "Why don't we just ask the...

Are you learning as fast as the world is changing?

What goes for novelists goes for leaders searching to craft a novel strategy for their company, a new product for their customers, or a...

The hottest U.S. real estate market: Washington, D.C

"Our spring market has taken off quite early," said Schwartz. "We've reached that stable point where we're out of a buyer's market." The nation's capital...
Lake Point Tower

The cure for cabin fever

Whether you're cocooning or stuck inside, apartment amenities help residents while away winter days. A typical weekend night for Marlin Rinehart and his fiancee, Andrea...
Wikipedia

What then, after the darkness?

After several Websites, including Wikipedia, protested by going dark, both pieces of legislation were shelved. Meanwhile, proponents of the two bills—News Corp. CEO Rupert...

Is multifamily ready for big data?

The amount of information being gathered, stored, and now mined, for commercial use can be confounding to the the human mind. Compound this with...
The Jefferson at Capitol Yards

JPI Multifamily Partners shedding D.C. apartments

JPI Mulifamily Partners LLC has an offer to sell its 909 at Capitol Yards at 909 New Jersey Avenue SE for about $95.4 million...

Gas prices to rise again

Prices could spike another 60 cents or more by May. "I think it's going to be a chaotic spring, with huge price increases in...

MF mortgage originations jump

The Mortgage Bankers Association said its quarterly survey shows a steep increase in commercial lending driven by higher originations for industrial and multifamily property...

Creating sustainable performance

So what does it mean to be happy in your job? It's not about contentment, which connotes a degree of complacency. When we and...

Positive intelligence

We have been studying the links between employee engagement and customer loyalty for a few years now, and we've found that the only route...

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