- Landlord To Pay $20,000 To Settle Pet Discrimination ... In: Latest News
The owner of several Reno, Nevada apartment complexes has agreed to pay $20,000 to settle allegations pet discrimination and Fair Housing Act violations involving requiring pet deposits from prospective tenants who require assistance animals, according to a release. The Silver State Fair Housing Council filed four complaints against the owner and manager of Silver Lake Apartments, Vale Townhomes, Oak Manor Apartments and Angel Street Apartments with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These complaints allege ERGS, Inc. and Silver Lake Apartments, LLC discriminated against prospective tenants who required assistance animals by requiring applicants who required...Read more >
- Boomers Look To Real Estate To Afford Retirement In: Latest News
As many as 10,000 baby boomers retire daily. Members of this generation are increasingly looking to real estate to diversify their retirement portfolios and boost...
- The Positive Impact Of The Interest Rate Hike In: Financing,Latest News
Rising interest rates are one of the real estate market’s soft spots. The increase of the Federal interest rate led to numerous forecasts, many of which report the...
- Freddie Mac Securitization Could Help The Affordable Housing ... In: Latest News
Freddie Mac has upped the ante on its securitization programs. In June the company issued hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds secured by loans to affordable housing...
- Existing Home Sales Hit 5.62 Million Units In ... In: Latest News,Real Estate Investing
U.S. home resales unexpectedly rose in May to the third highest monthly level in a decade and a chronic inventory shortage pushed the median home price to an all-time...
- 2017–2018 Forecast: Class B And C Apartments Will ... In: Latest News,Real Estate Investing
Domestic and global investment in multifamily housing is on the rise throughout the United States—especially for Class B and C properties. Several contributing factors have fostered this development, including an oversupply of Class A communities in combination with a drop in demand, the rising cost of homeownership, and millennials entering the market by the millions. In the midst of this trend, foreign investors have begun to take notice and make their own plays on U.S. multifamily real estate. The end result: Unless we see a drastic shift in the economic climate, Class B and C multifamily housing will have the greatest potential for high returns in 2017 and well into 2018. Class...Read more >
- Research: Rental Demand To Escalate By The Millions In: Latest News
Inventory shortages are weighing down just about every housing market, with supply on all sides—renter- and owner-occupied—on a months-long downtrend. A new...
- Higher Prices Squeezing Both Renters And Would-be Homeowners In: Latest News
A diminished supply of available homes is swelling prices in large U.S. metro areas from New York to Miami to Los Angeles, squeezing out would-be buyers and pushing up...
- Do I Have To Pay For Tenant Housing ... In: Property Management
An apartment building owner has to fumigate apartments due to termites and wants to know how to handle the issue as well as the tenants. Here are several things to...
- 8 Creepy Things Exterminators Wish You Knew About ... In: Latest News,Property Management
We love to wax poetic about the idyllic advantages of owning a home: The backyard barbecues! The walls you can paint any color you want! And, of course, the stability...