Housing is Quite a Chanllenge in South Florida

Housing cost in South Florida has increased by a good margin over the last couple of years. It has made it more difficult for the South Floridians to invest in Housing. Generally, a South Floridian spends about thirty percent of his income in housing. In fact, South Floridians spend t
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Ventas Sells 12 Senior Housing Communities; Settles Lawsuit

Ventas Atria Darien, Conn. Ventas, Inc. recently announced it sold twelve seniors housing communities to Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. for a total of $ 100 million in cash, settling a lawsuit Ventas filed against ALC. Prior to the sale, ALC, a Milwaukee-area long-term care provider,
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Your NO BULL Guide to Federal and State Anti-Discrimination Laws/Fair Housing Laws

Federal and State Anti-Discrimination Laws MUST be learned and carefully followed by property management companies/landlords in order to avoid discriminating claims and ultimately facing a lawsuit. Become educated and make sound decisions based on documented evidence. Real-Estate:Prop
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NREI Seniors Housing Study First Quarter 2012

Register now to download a copy of the NREI Seniors Housing Study First Quarter 2012 Study. National Real Estate Investor
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U.S. Housing Market Has Begun Nascent Recovery, Says Freddie Mac Report

Frank Nothaft According to Freddie Mac’s U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for March, there are signs the U.S. housing market is awakening from its depression-like condition of the past few years and beginning, though slowly, to make a nascent recovery. Frank Nothaft, Fre
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CNL Acquires Five Seniors Housing Properties for $84M

CNL’s acquisition of a seniors housing portfolio leads this month’s roundup. National Real Estate Investor
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Houston Housing Market Ends 2011 in Positive Territory

According to the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR), after several months in which home sales figures were skewed by the effects of the 2010 homebuyer tax credit, the Houston real estate market concluded 2011 solidly in the black. December marked the seventh straight month of incre
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The Effects of the Cap on Local Housing Allowance for Landlords Renting to Younger Tenants

A landlord debates the real effects of the cap to Local Housing Allowance on young single renters in the UK. Providing real examples of tenants who will fall into rental arrears once the cap on benefit is implemented leaving landlords in the difficult position of having to make tenant
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NAHB Reports Number of Improving U.S. Housing Markets Nearly Doubles in October

David Crowe According to the National Association of Home Builders/ First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for October, 23 individual housing markets now qualifying as “improving” under the new gauge’s parameters. This is nearly double the 12 housing markets th
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Did Single-Family Property Investors Drive Housing into Crisis?

By apparently misreporting their intentions to occupy the single-family properties they were buying, the higher degree of leverage investors took on for their home property purchases directly contributed to higher rates of default during the current housing market crisis, according to
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