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Rental Housing Market Holding Up Well - At Least In the Lower Rent Ranges

Dennis Norman

Recently HUD published a report, “U.S. Rental Housing Characteristics: Supply, Vacancy, and Affordability“, which was packed with data about the rental housing market. The data in the report clearly illustrates that the rental market is holding up pretty well, at least in the lower rent price-ranges, while the for-sale housing market has been [...]

Rental Data and Resources for Property Managers

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Over the past two years home prices have dropped throughout the country, rather significantly in some areas. Falling prices have created opportunities for investors but have also created a challenge for landlords and property managers to keep up with changing rental markets. Logic would dictate that if home prices in any [...]

Property managers; fair housing laws protect people with disabilities too

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

When we speak of discrimination in housing it seems many people think of it only in terms of discrimination based upon race. However, landlords and property managers need to remember that the Federal Fair Housing Laws that make it illegal to discriminate in housing based upon race also make it illegal to discriminate [...]

FBI issues consumer alert warning of phony online rental ads

By: Dennis Norman

The FBI has issued a consumer alert warning of phony online rental ads. According to the alert, the scam goes like this:

You can’t believe your good fortune-you find a rental home in a nice area through a Craigslist classified ad at an unbelievably low rate. The landlord-who had to leave the country and [...]

Protection for tenants in foreclosed homes

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

One of the issues that has come to the surface over the past few months has been the effect on tenants when a home they are leasing is foreclosed upon.  In many instances the tenants are unaware of the financial trouble of the seller and sometimes their first indication of a [...]