Last month I did an article, “Should You Rent Or Buy A Home?“, in which I discussed a survey that was done by the National Apartment Association which indicated 76 percent of consumers surveyed believed renting to be a better option than home ownership. Well, today Trulia released it’s new “Rent

Continue reading... Top 10 Cities to Rent vs Buy and Top 10 To Buy vs Rent

1. Homes are affordable; Should you buy? Rent? Do home prices need to fall further? Dennis Norman I thought I would end the week by...
2. Rental Housing Market Holding Up Well – At Least In the Lower Rent Ranges Dennis Norman Recently HUD published a report, “U.S. Rental...
3. The best cities in California and Florida to invest in real estate Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman Today SmartZip, Inc. released it’s...

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Last month I did a post addressing housing affordability, the cost of renting versus owning a home, and whether the real estate

Continue reading... Is Home Ownership Losing It’s ‘Sizzle’?

1. Survey shows shift in consumer real estate decisions; more making move for the better Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman Relocation.Com conducted a survey in June...
2. Survey Shows More Than 80 Percent of First-Time Home Buyers Believe Now Is a Good Time to Buy a Home Dennis Norman Century 21 Real Estate LLC announced the results...
3. Homes are affordable; Should you buy? Rent? Do home prices need to fall further? Dennis Norman I thought I would end the week by...

The apartment market continues to rebound from the “Great Recession” according to the April 2010 Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions conducted by the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC).

According to respondents to the survey, sales volume is up, debt and equity are more available and the rental markets are getting better. The survey

Continue reading... Apartment Industry Seeing Improvement

1. ‘Great Recession’ Challenges Apartment Industry Dennis Norman Every facet of the apartment industry was touched...
2. Survey Show’s Tenants Want to be ‘Greener’ Dennis Norman Recently, Apartments.Com conducted a survey of it’s website...
3. Foreclosures Still On The Rise – Some Improvement in Hardest Hit Areas Though RealtyTrac® released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for the first...

According to a report released earlier this week by the U.S. Census Bureau, rental vacancies for the first quarter of 2010 in the U.S. are almost 5 percent higher than they were a year ago.  The rental vacancy rate in the U.S. for the first quarter of 2010 was 10.6 percent, up from

Continue reading... Rental Vacancy Rates For First Quarter 2010 Up From a Year Ago

1. Rental Housing Market Holding Up Well – At Least In the Lower Rent Ranges Dennis Norman Recently HUD published a report, “U.S. Rental...
2. Homeownership Rate in U.S. Hits 10 Year Low Dennis Norman According to a report issued by the U.S....
3. Rental Data and Resources for Property Managers Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman Over the past two years...

Recently, Apartments.Com conducted a survey of it’s website website visitors across the country and found that the majority of apartment seekers want to live in an apartment community that caters to a sustainable lifestyle. According to the survey results, 89 percent of respondents said they would prefer to live in a “green” apartment

Continue reading... Survey Show’s Tenants Want to be ‘Greener’

1. Green building information and resources for real estate agents and brokers Dennis Norman As green building gains in popularity and...
2. Looking for Love? Try the laundry room! Valentine’s Day is a time for love…Are you feeling left...
3. Survey shows shift in consumer real estate decisions; more making move for the better Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman Relocation.Com conducted a survey in June...

Every facet of the apartment industry was touched by the Great Recession in 2009, according to the NMHC 50, the National Multi Housing Council’s annual ranking of the 50 largest apartment owners and the 50 largest apartment managers.

“Apartment sales transaction volume plummeted,” noted Mark Obrinsky, NMHC Chief Economist. “Only $14 billion in properties

Continue reading... ‘Great Recession’ Challenges Apartment Industry

1. Property managers; fair housing laws protect people with disabilities too Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman When we speak of discrimination...
2. Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination at Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apartment Complex The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner...
3. Wells Fargo Was Top U.S. Commercial/Multifamily Originator in 2009 According to MBA Dennis Norman Wells Fargo Bank was the top commercial/multifamily originator...

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I thought I would end the week by giving everyone something to dwell on and contemplate over the weekend. Actually, I set out this morning to do a post about the National Association of REALTORS(R) (NAR) Housing Affordability Index for February which was recently published. As I was reviewing the

Continue reading... Homes are affordable; Should you buy? Rent? Do home prices need to fall further?

1. Rental Housing Market Holding Up Well – At Least In the Lower Rent Ranges Dennis Norman Recently HUD published a report, “U.S. Rental...
2. Fewer Home Sellers Cut Asking Prices for Homes In January, Sellers Reduced List Prices by $21,925 on Average,...
3. Home prices finally leveling off Dennis Norman This morning the S&P/Case-Shiller Index report for August...

According to a Survey conducted by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), investment-home sales dropped 15.9 percent in 2009 to 940,000 sales from 1,120,000 in 2008. For comparison purposes, primary residence home sales rose 7.1 percent in the same period.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said, “Investment buyers primarily seek rental income, with six

Continue reading... Investment-Home Sales Fell 15.9 Percent in 2009

1. Vacation-Home Sales Up in 2009 Dennis Norman According to a Vacation Home Buyers Survey conducted...
2. December home sales plummet but 2009 finishes stronger than 2008 Dennis Norman NAR’s “seasonally-adjusted” numbers show sales down 16.7 percent...
3. Reports and headlines say home sales increased 10.1 percent in October, up 23.5 percent from a year ago; I say up 6.6 percent for the month and almost even with last year Dennis Norman National Association of REALTORS Report: According to the...

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The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have published a report about common real estate scams and rental scams they are finding and how to avoid them. Like most scams there are warning signs and red flags that can help you avoid falling victim; knowing what to look

Continue reading... How to avoid being a victim of a real estate or rental scam

1. Rental Data and Resources for Property Managers Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman Over the past two years...
2. Rental Housing Market Holding Up Well – At Least In the Lower Rent Ranges Dennis Norman Recently HUD published a report, “U.S. Rental...
3. Survey shows shift in consumer real estate decisions; more making move for the better Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman Relocation.Com conducted a survey in June...

Continue reading... Rental Housing Market Holding Up Well – At Least In the Lower Rent Ranges

1. Rental Data and Resources for Property Managers Dennis Norman By: Dennis Norman Over the past two years...
2. Where is the most expensive housing market in the U.S.? How about most affordable housing market? Dennis Norman This is probably not going to come...
3. Commercial/Multifamily Real Estate Market Continues to Feel Effects of Economic Downturn The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Commercial Real...