Buttressed by high occupancy rates, apartment landlords in many U.S. markets are aggressively hiking rents at a rate that many commercial real estate experts believe is unsustainable as their competition grows. Developers are beginning to add new units at a pace...
The real estate cycle has entered a strong growth phase in most U.S. markets, says Glenn Mueller, professor at the University of Denver and real estate investment strategist at Dividend Capital Group. As the economy expands and supply remains limited, REITs' net...
Due to increased demand, international investment in U.S. commercial real estate is surging beyond primary markets, according to the CCIM Institute. While Chinese investment and development companies immediately come to mind, U.S. property investment is a priority for...
Amar Shukla, a 24-year-old engineer at online textbook company Chegg, decided that buying a home was an investment he wanted to make. With some financial help from his parents, he recently bought a 900-square foot home in San Jose, California. “As long as I’m going to...
Over the last 15 years, cities have provided, with the assistance of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an increasing amount of affordable housing for the nation's poorest families. Even with the growth of HUD assistance programs, the nation's...
Robin Smith and her growing family were ready to move on from their two-bedroom apartment near downtown Denver. So they placed a generous offer on a four-bedroom house in Arvada. “We made an offer $10,000 over the asking price, and found out there were 32 offers on...
The prices of renting and buying a home continue to climb quickly in Denver. A new report from Zillow says home values in Denver were up 14.2 percent in April 2015 when compared to April of 2014. The average rent in Denver is $1,868, an increase of 11.6 percent from a...
Although James Crosby is getting married later this year to his college sweetheart, the financial analyst said they do not have plans to buy a home in Atlanta in the next few years. While Crosby, who is 25, said he loathes paying rent and not building up equity in a...
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Come May 20th, when Chesapeake Lodging Trust holds its annual meeting, shareholders will be voting on a handful of proposals by investor UNITE HERE, including one that would prevent the REIT from imposing anti-takeover measures without shareholder...
