Multifamily is star

In Los Angeles at the ULI fall meeting, the spotlight was on commercial real estate and specifically on multifamily. The emerging market has investors struggling to take part in the multifamily industry for ts financial benefits.

The annual meeting was held at the Los Angeles convention this year.

Why Real Estate??

Why and how to invest in real estate?

The real estate market has plenty of opportunities for making big gains, especially with the market at a low period in the economic cycle. While now is a great time to invest in assets that are stable and have very consistent returns, buying and owning real estate is complicated and therefore it is crucial to be well informed.

The goal of this kit, prepared by our team member Mariya Nesheva, is to introduce the reader to the key points of investing in real estate and to provide guidance about how to invest, what factors to consider, how to choose the right assets and generate higher returns.

The first thing one should remember when investing in real estate is that there is a big difference between buying a property as your own residence and buying an investment property. When investing one should put emotions aside and think of what makes sense and what has potential of generating the required return.

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Multifamily Investment Kit

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Portland's Multi-Family Market Turning Heads

Many investors are buzzing about about Portland's multi-family market and many currently see it as the hottest U.S. market. Within the last six months there have been 14 trades in Portland. Of the l4 trades, five have been over $30 million and two have been for more than $70 million. According to market-research, vacancy rates are below 4% and are expected to fall to 3.4% by the end of the year while effective rents are expected to grow 5.6% this year.

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Largest Multi-Family Asset in East Bay Acquired

It was announced yestersday that Kennedy Wilson, international real estate investment and services firm, and its partners acquired Bellavista at Hilltop. The property is a 1,008-unit multi-family community in San Pablo, CA. The property was purchased for $140.5 million and is the largest single multi-family asset transaction in the U.S. thus far in 2011. The transaction also represents the largest single multi-family asset acquisition in Kennedy Wilson's history.

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Multi-Family Investment Off to Solid Start In 2011

Interest in U.S. multi-family properties contiues after a solid start at the beginning of 2011. Investment sales dollar volume jumped 40% in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, and according to data, more deals were closed than in any quarter since mid-2005.

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Fannie and Freddie: Plan to Restructure

The multi-family industry has taken a hit recently with the restructuring of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Owners and developers of apartment complexes will feel the impact of any change in the two government-owned lenders. Three years ago, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac accounted for 70 to 80 percent of the finacning for multi-family housing  but with current plans to restructure, there's no doubt any change will keep the apartment industry on edge.
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No More Apartments?

An interesting article discussing the reason behind the slowing of construction in multi-family units; however, with 3 million new Americans annually, it seems that there will be a supply constrained market.

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Capital Markets Comeback in Full Swing

Even though this is a biased group, it definitely shows up the indicators toward more lending. George Smith Partners are a company that definitely has their pulse on the multi-family market. Lending is without question happening from the top end with the REITs and larger institutions but very stilted in the smaller asset size and secondary markets. That could easily change soon.


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Top 8 Multi-Family Buyers in the US

It is very interesting to see who the new players are that are climbing the ranks. With JP Morgan kicking into gear, it is good to see the major banks moving into our sector. Area, Invesco, Pantzer and Dune Capital are strong groups and very aggressive acquisition teams. With UDR back up there, it further emphasizes the REITs continued domination of the larger Class A assets and portfolios.

Multi-Family 2011- The year of the winner's curse?

Very interesting article. Will 2011 be the year where the winning bidders of the property from 2-4 years ago be coming home to roost? Read more here

How Long Can the Cap Cate Compression Last?

A really good question, notables in the industry say not for too much longer... read full article

Multi-family Property Asking Price Index Trends