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April 27, 2012 Courtesy of BuilderOnline.com  Fitch: Multifamily Prices, Occupancies Reaching Peaks The rise in rents and occupancies in the multifamily sector is close to the peak last seen before the beginning of the recession, according to Fitch. However, we believe that favorable demographics and a limited new supply will ensure the market will not …

Friday, December 9th, 2011, 3:35 pm  Article Courtesy of housingwire.com Written by Jon Prior Bank of America is looking at a new program to rent a home back to the borrower after foreclosure. “There are programs that we are quite interested in,” said Ron Sturzenegger, who leads the bank’s legacy asset servicing division, in an …

Article Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal November 26, 2011  By Nick Timiraos Home prices and mortgage rates have fallen so far that the monthly cost of owning a home is more affordable than at any point in the past 15 years and is less expensive than renting in a growing number of cities. The …

Rising rents are increasing the allure of investment property, especially for those with cash. Article provided courtesy of Realtor.com November 2011 | By Lawrence Yun Housing affordability is about the best it’s ever been, but tight lending conditions have made it difficult for buyers to take advantage of the good conditions. For investors with cash, …

Article provided courtesy of The Mortgage Professor. What Is a Lease-to-Own Purchase? A lease-to-own house purchase (also “rent-to-own purchase” or “lease purchase”) is a lease combined with an option to purchase the property within a specified period, usually 3 years or less, at an agreed-upon price. Such arrangements have proliferated in the post-crisis market because …

Article provided courtesy of MultiHousingNews.com By Erika Schnitzer, Managing Editor Encino, Calif.—Despite tepid job growth, net absorption in the apartment market continues, according to Hessam Nadji, managing director of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, who spoke at a webcast today, entitled, “2012 U.S. Economic and Apartment Market Outlook.” While there are several reasons …

October 31, 2011 By Robert Freedman, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine Well, there’s at least one big Wall Street banker that’s betting on the United States becoming a “rentership” society: Morgan Stanley. The company released a report just a few weeks ago saying now is a great time for institutional investors to snap up distressed single-family …

On October 28, 2011 Economist Commentaries, by Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist The total number of rental households has increased to 38 million in the second quarter of this year, an increase of 1.4 million renters in the past 12 months. Because there has not been an overproduction in multifamily units in the past decade, higher …