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Apartment Construction Surges in Jacksonville Despite Weak Fundamentals [Video]
A surge of new apartment construction starts puts Jacksonville among the nation’s most active markets despite ranking among the nation’s worst for both apartment occupancy and rent change levels.
The Property Management Field Guide to Cicadas
Should property management companies and apartment communities be worried about this impending cicada apocalypse and property damage? Not really. Here’s your Property Management Field Guide to everything you wanted to know about cicadas, and a few things you probably didn’t want to know.
Cleveland Is Sustaining Great Apartment Occupancy
Despite the Cleveland apartment market’s occupancy premium relative to the national norm, the metro’s rent growth performance is running a bit below the U.S. average.
Renter’s Insurance: Educating Residents about the Realities
According to one survey, only 31% of renters have renter’s insurance. Here are some common misconceptions renter’s have about renter’s insurance and why they pass on such a valuable way to protect not only their belongings but their bank accounts.
Portland Apartment Market Continues to Put Up Impressive Numbers [Video]
The headwinds are picking up in Portland – more home sales and more new apartment supply. But those factors haven’t done much to weaken Portland’s strong apartment fundamentals.
Apartment Amenities: Understanding What Gen Y Wants
A panel of Generation Y multifamily professionals render their verdicts on development trends and amenities that are typically targeted at them and whether they are truly essential or overrated.
Commercial Real Estate Show: Greg Willett on U.S. Apartment Market
Greg Willett recently appeared on America’s Commercial Real Estate Show where he spoke with host Michael Bull about the performance of the U.S. apartment market for the first quarter of 2013.
Perennial Curb Appeal: Four Tips for Creating Year-Long Color
Property managers can reduce their color budgets while maintaining a consistent look of eye-catching color by using a strategic approach of mixing perennials and annuals during spring and fall plantings.
Connecticut Apartment Market Follows the Northeast Regional Patterns [Video]
The Connecticut apartment market – which includes Hartford, Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk, New Haven and Norwich/New London – has put up consistently strong occupancy rates but slowing rent growth levels.
Florida Apartment Demand Holds Strong
With Florida apartment demand holding steady at the same time that national demand slowed, the Sunshine State has played an increasingly important role in the nation’s apartment sector results of late.
After a Very Impressive Surge, Are the Carolinas Apartment Markets Cooling? [Video]
From 2010 to 2012, the Carolinas were home to some of the hottest apartment markets in the country—both large and small—thanks to great demographics, solid job growth, strong apartment demand, and big rent growth. But the story line is beginning to change.
Mandatory Recycling: A Tale of Two Texas Cities
As more cities across the country adopt mandatory recycling programs, some of the burden for cost and compliance falls in to the hands of property management companies and apartment communities.
#AIMConf: The Top 10 Tweets of AIM 2013
This year’s AIM Conference drew quite the crowd, and brought with it a social media buzz unsurpassed in previous years. We’ve been following the #AIMConf hashtag on Twitter to keep in touch with all the speakers and sessions. Here are some of our favorite tweets.