Archive for June, 2009

MyNewPlace White Paper Featured in units Magazine

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in About Us...Really | No Comments »

If you're like us, each month you wait anxiously for the postman to arrive with the latest copy of Units, the National Apartment Association's magazine. This month, Jeffrey Lee wrote ... Read more..

Apartment Rental News Weekly Roundup: Will the House Vote Tonight? (HR 2454)

Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in Political Corner, Weekly News Update | No Comments »

*UPDATE- House Passes HR 2454 219-212, will now head to Senate* Today the House will vote on HR 2454, (at press time, House Minority Leader John Boehner was filibustering the House ... Read more..

MyNewPlace and Craigslist

Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Tips & Tricks | No Comments »

MyNewPlace has developed a tool to make it easy for our clients to post ads for their apartments, or even specific unit, to Craigslist. Currently, posting to Craigslist can be ... Read more..

Apartment Rental News Weekly Roundup: Acronyms in the News

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in Weekly News Update | No Comments »

REITs CNN Money's online edition clues investors in on the disproportionately high dividend yields offered by REITs. While the average stock dividend from the S&P was about 2.6 percent, the average ... Read more..

Feds Take Active Role in Greening of Apartments

Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Green Apartment Living, Political Corner | No Comments »

The GREEN Act Reintroduced According to Multi Housing News Online, Colorado Representative Ed Perlmutter has reintroduced legislation (H.R. 2336) that would bring energy efficiency to the single and multifamily housing markets. ... Read more..

Avoid Moving Mistakes

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in Apartment Living | No Comments »

Editor's Note: This is a guest post from our friends over at Relocation.com, who will be providing us with information on how to gracefully handle relocating. Entire books could be written ... Read more..

Boston Waters Down Roommate Ordinance Targeting Off Campus Apartments

Friday, June 5th, 2009 Posted in Off Campus Apartments | No Comments »

In college towns across the nation, there is always at least a little tension between students and town residents. College students are only residents of the town for a ... Read more..

Apartment Rental News Weekly Roundup: June 4, 2009

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 Posted in Weekly News Update | No Comments »

Couple Scams HUD, Goes Directly to Jail (does not collect $200) A couple in New Haven, Connecticut were arrested for devising a plan to scam that city's public housing agencies out ... Read more..