Clik here to view.
Apartment Property Returns — National Council of Real Estate Investment...
The second installment in the commercial real estate returns series is on apartments. In my presentations this year I have talked about mega themes, one being that, because of the housing bubble and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top-10 City List: Best Small Towns to Invest in Rental Property...
Economics 101 teaches us that price changes in assets, goods and services are a function of supply and demand. The economic demand (versus demographics demand) for real estate is a function of job...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Only Thing Not Rising In Rental Markets is the Vacancy Rate — And the...
The planets are lining up, so to speak, making residential rental property owners positive about expectations, and at the same time with tenants facing a prognosis of ongoing rising rents amid a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Annual Physical Results for Commercial Real Estate — The Patient is Doing...
After getting the results of commercial real estate’s annual physical, we can see how truly healthy that market is tracking. Fortunately for data purposes, The National Council of Real Estate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top-10 City List — Greatest and Least Vacancy Rates For Rental and...
The U.S. Census Bureau has just released a report examining homeownership rates and vacancy levels in both rental housing and owner-occupied housing. Nationwide, the rental housing vacancy rate for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Younger Destined to Be Renters — The Demand for Rental Housing Booms
One of the megatrends I have talked about the past two years is that we will continue to have younger individuals being more predisposed towards rental housing. I truly believe that most of the college...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top 10 List — Best Places for Graduating Students to Live Where There...
Since 2008, it has a been a trying market for many college graduates to find a job in a location where they could also afford renting a place to live and receive a decent pay check. Forbes has reported...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top-10 List: Best Markets for Investors in Residential Properties
As an appraiser and investor, I have always stated that a residence, to be truly considered an investment, must rent for at least 1 percent of its market value each month. I can recall in 1990...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Tell Me What You Did For Me Today–Tell What You’re Going to Do Tomorrow...
There’s a real dilemma as an investor relations person when it comes to Wall Street and your company’s earnings performance. If you have a bad quarter and fail to meet expectations, the market will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Residential Investment Properties — Cash Kings But With a Diminishing Supply...
In recent years, with home prices down from the peak to the trough by 32 percent, and almost zero yields on cash in CDs, savings accounts and bonds, the investment opportunities in housing to rent has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Price Per Square Foot Rising in Most Markets
As the economy continues to grow jobs, consumer confidence rises and residential rental rates increase, the demand for housing rises. Given a very tight inventory of builder-ready lots, new home...
View ArticleU.S. Housing Characteristics — The American Housing Survey
Did you know that in 2011: Median renter household income was $28,000 while owner-occupied housing income was $58,919 Median renter monthly housing cost was $845 versus $1,008 for owner-occupied...
View ArticleAnother Top10 List — Best Places to Buy a Vacation Home
As the Dog Days of Summer draw to a close, many people are still winding up their summer vacations, while others are planning their Fall-Winter-Spring sojourns. As the economy continues to improve and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top 10 List: Top (and Bottom) Rental Rate Growth Markets in 2012
As job growth returned, the pressure on residential rental rates was positive in each of the 50 largest markets in the U.S. in 2012, according to MPF Research, as published in MultiFamily Executive....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top-10 List — Best Places to Spot Celebrities (excluding LA & NYC)
I’ll bet we all have spotted celebrities. Some of the celebrities I have seen over the years out in public include Shania Twain, John Wayne, Clint Black, Glen Campbell, Robert Wagner, Mike Tyson, Dave...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top-10 List — Markets With the Largest Increase in Rent in 2014
As with all pricing, rent is a function of the interaction of supply and demand. In many markets, construction has not kept pace with job growth, and rents continue to climb. Compounding that is an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Houston Economy and Housing Markets — Full Throttle Ahead
Jobs are everything to the economy. Period. And that is the same opening I used yesterday when talking about where things are happening, economically speaking, across the U.S. This morning I will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Residential Building Permits — Single Family is Flat But Multifamily is...
As housing continues to recover, the laggard in the sector is new housing sales. New home sales were essentially flat in the first quarter of this year when to the same period of 2013 – 107,000 in 2014...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Top-10 List — Toughest Markets for Renters to Become Homeowners
Homeownership has and remains the all-American dream despite declining homeownership rates. The cost of housing, availability of rentals and interest rates impact the ownership decision. Some cities...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Portland, Oregon — An Award Winning Rose of an Economy
This week I had the opportunity to speak to the Oregon Mortgage Bankers Association in Portland, Oregon. It was a fun trip to catch up with colleagues, friends, customers and for the first time, see a...
View Article