Colony Capital Joins Growing Rank of Single-Family Rental Bond Issuers
Mark Heschmeyer <news@costar.com> Colony American Finance, the arm of Colony Capital that makes commercial loans to investors of tenant-occupied single-family rental (SFR) properties, hit two...
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (October 16, 2015)
McDonald’s is close to making a decision on a REIT spin-off, the Wall Street Journal reports. Blackstone has just has its first quarterly loss since 2011, according to Bloomberg. The Street reveals...
View ArticleInvestors Score High Yields for Older, Less-Expensive Rental Homes
The highest yields for single-family rental homes can often be found in secondary and tertiary neighborhoods in secondary and tertiary markets.read more
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (October 20, 2015)
Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s multifamily loan caps will remain at $30 billion in 2016, reports Bloomberg. Newsmax looks at four REITs that are benefiting from disruptive technology. CFO offers some...
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (October 21, 2015)
The Blackstone Group and Ivanhoe Cambridge agreed to pay approximately $5.3 billion for New York’s Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village multifamily complexes, reports Bloomberg. Crain’s New York looks...
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (October 22, 2015)
Sales of existing homes are near their 2007 peak, reports Bloomberg. Darden Restaurants’ board of directors and the SEC both approved a spin-off of the company’s real estate, according to Nation’s...
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (October 29, 2015)
MGM Resorts International will spin off 10 properties into a REIT, reports Bloomberg. Private equity and hedge fund firms have been amassing troubled home mortgages, according to CNBC. Supermarket News...
View ArticleBanks Double-Down on Home Foreclosures, Creating Opportunities for Investors
Just when it seemed like there weren’t any more foreclosed homes to buy, banks are finally taking action to clear their backlogs of bad home loans.read more
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (November 19, 2015)
Bloomberg warns that the CMBS market may be starting to get “frothy.” An article in Forbes looks at four trends that are reshaping the commercial real estate industry. John Hancock has launched a...
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (December 4, 2015)
American Homes 4 Rent is set to acquire American Residential Properties in a $1.5 billion deal, reports Bloomberg. Janet Yellen dismissed the 65 percent risk of a recession in 2016 cited by Citi...
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (December 8, 2015)
Republicans in the House of Representatives proposed barring REIT spinoffs as part of a larger tax bill, reports the Wall Street Journal. Norwegian sovereign wealth fund released its profit figures for...
View Article10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (December 29, 2015)
The Fed and the FDIC warn banks not to loosen underwriting standards, according to Bloomberg. Home prices rose the most in more than a year in the three-month period ending in October, reports...
View ArticleRent Hikes Stress Single-Family Renters
In most of the country, owners of single-family rental properties might be hitting the ceiling on how much further they can raise rents.read more
View ArticleCollege Towns are Good Bets for Single-Family Rentals
Turns out college students make desirable tenants for single-family rental housing.read more
View ArticleBuilding Housing for Grandma and the Generations
Multi-generational housing developments are becoming more popular.read more
View ArticleSpring Housing Season Kicks Off with Short Supply
The spring homebuying season has begun with not have a whole lot to choose from.read more
View ArticleHouse Flipping: Deja Vu All Over Again
Since the crash, house flipping has remained stable overall ... with two exceptions. Read where houses are being churned.read more
View ArticleHome Flipping Reaches 10-year High: What it Means
Nearly 180,000 family residences were flipped in 2015, according to RealtyTrac, the highest level in 10 years.read more
View ArticleGuess Who's Moving to the 'Burbs? Millennials, Really
Millennials are buying less in cities, and turning their interests to the suburbs, says the National Association of Realtors.read more
View ArticleDevelopers Expanding Single-Family Build-for-Rent Market
Randyl Drummer <news@costar.com> AHV Communities' recent acquisition of a 92-lot single-family homesite near Austin is the latest example of a new twist in the home building business, building...
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