Archive for July, 2009
Apartment Rental News Top Story: Apartment Futures
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Apartment Market Info | No Comments »
This morning, the National Multi-Housing Council sent out its Weekly News Watch, which we thought included some articles that should be of interest to our readers. At the top of the ... Read more..Los Angeles Apartments Become Greener
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Green Apartment Living | No Comments »
Last week, the city of Los Angeles passed new regulation designed to reduce the amount of water buildings use each day. Now, new buildings, which include Los Angeles apartments, will ... Read more..Puppy and Kitten Adoption Drive – The Most Adorable Way to Market Your Apartment Ever
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Renting with Pets | No Comments »
(photo courtesy of Mia Mabanta) Yesterday, we came across an article about an apartment in Fayetteville, Arkansas, The Crowne at Razorback community that recently hosted a pet-adoption drive in conjunction with ... Read more..MyNewPlace iPhone App Now Available for Download
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 Posted in New Features & Releases | 3 Comments »
Today, we are very excited to announce the availability of the MyNewPlace iPhone application, which combines the standard apartment search features of our site with the iPhone's functionality. Not only does ... Read more..New Federal Housing Rescue Plan May Buttress Rental Shadow Market
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Political Corner | 2 Comments »
Atop today's DrudgeReport, labeled with the either facetious or insightful headline, Landlord in Chief: Obama Mulls Rental Option for Homeowners, was a link to an article outlining a new plan ... Read more..California City Prohibits Smoking in Apartments
Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in Political Corner, Smoking Issues and Apartments | 3 Comments »
Richmond, CA, a city of about 100,000 people located in San Francisco's East Bay, has passed a local ordinance that will ban smoking in all apartment buildings. The new law ... Read more..Apartment Rental Vacancies Rise Across the Nation
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Apartment Market Info | 2 Comments »
Fueled by the climbing unemployment rate, vacancy rates in the nation's apartment buildings have risen to their highest rate since 1987. The national vacancy rate reached 7.5 percent in the ... Read more..CIA, White House and MyNewPlace Attacked by Cyber-Terrorists
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Technology | 2 Comments »
Over the July 4th weekend, cyber-terrorists launched a broad and ambitious attack on military and government sites in Asia, Europe and the U.S.... and on MyNewPlace.com. We assume that we ... Read more..Apartment News Weekly Roundup: July 7, 2009
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Weekly News Update | No Comments »
Recession Affects Housing Trends Across U.S. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, which was highlighted in this week's NAA Industry Insider, writes how urban population growth has accelerated since ... Read more..Apartment Rental News: Renters Economic Relief Package Vetoed by SF Mayor
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Political Corner | 2 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_809" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (left) and Supervisor Chris Daly (right)"][/caption] Yesterday, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco announced that he plans to veto a set of ... Read more..