Property Management Tips: Tracking Appliances on Apartment Properties

A stainless steel side-by-side refrigerator or other top-line appliances can be a deal maker for many residents when choosing the right apartment community. Property owners can easily invest $2,000-$3,000 per unit in the latest kitchen equipment in an attempt to stay one step ahead in the amenity game…Read More

 

New Zillow Rent Index Shows Rental Markets Heating Up Nationwide

Today we’re releasing the new Zillow Rent Index — a one-of-a-kind way to look at rental markets nationally, regionally, and locally. And what the Zillow Rent Index (or ZRI) shows may be the silver lining in an otherwise still-declining housing market…Read More…Also Related Video

 

Home prices rise for first time in 18 months: RE/MAX

For the first time in 18 months, home prices increased year-over-year in February, a turnaround that RE/MAX said signifies a “very active selling season.” A RE/MAX housing survey released Wednesday shows national home prices in February rose 1.1% from a year earlier and 1.4% from January to $171,881…Read More

 

Eight Property Management Tips for Keeping the Pests Away

Because of the mild winter that we’ve had across the nation, the stage is set for pests to come out of the woodwork earlier than normal and in greater numbers. According to the National Pest Management Association, warmer-than-normal temperatures are likely to give pests that have been in hibernation an early wake-up call. Already, several states have reported tick sightings…Read More

 

Home rental push jeopardizes affordable market rates

More Americans are renting houses instead of buying them, a trend that could disrupt price affordability, analysts say. With more homeowners unable to secure mortgages and uncertain about future finances, renting is the only sure-fire way to live in a single-family property, according to Capital Economics…Read More

 

43 Million More Housing Units to Sell and Rent

Between now and 2050, the U.S. is expected to grow to about 403 million people. It’s about 310 million today. That’s almost 100 million more people and they have to live somewhere, and looking at today’s total inventory of homes, we’ll need 43 million more units…Read More