Monthly Archives: September 2009

It has long been debated amongst pet owners which species best accompanies man in his domestic dwelling. It has been an intense and unrelenting debate most likely due to the fact that– as in academic politics–the contention is so vicious precisely because the stakes are so low. We would now like to submit the results [...]

Last week on Multifamily Insiders, Michael Cunningham of Real Page wrote an article, Imaginary Roommates Don’t Pay Rent, which examined the much discussed rental phenomenon of doubling up. Mr. Cunningham contended that although anecdotal information (glorified on the internet) seemed to suggest that a very significant number of renters are moving in together to save [...]

Hello everyone! We are happy to be hosting the 158th Carnival of Real Estate; we received many great entries, six of which we have decided to share with the CORE readership. Although our site is only for apartments and homes for rent, our business is intimately linked with the for-sale market and we keep our [...]

REITs Boost Occupancy Rates Last week, some good news for the multifamily industry appeared in an article from Multifamily Executive article titled Apartment Firms Report Slight Upticks in Occupancy. The data primarily comes from REITs, who have ostensibly been reducing rents in an attempt to boost short term occupancy. REITs prices have taken it on [...]

Last week, on the front page of the Personal Journal section of the Wall Street Journal was a lengthy article profiling families who had bought a house, but ended up needing to move and then couldn’t sell their house for anywhere near the amount they had bought it. Instead of taking the hit on the [...]

The notably progressive major metropolitan centers of the American northwest (San Francisco, Portland and Seattle) all have drawn up plans to green over central parts of their cities. Moving beyond the concept of isolated LEED certified buildings, these cities are planning to maximize sustainability initiatives by introducing ways that adjacent buildings can use collaborative green [...]