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Young Professionals Have Returned to Cities, Impacting Rents

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The FTSE Nareit Equity Apartments index, which tracks publicly traded apartment companies, increased 42% since January 2021. It’s kind of a good time to be an urban apartment owner again,” said Mark Parrell, chief executive of Equity Residential, a real-estate investment trust. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 10:00. That’s 25% more than the S&P 500.

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Digital Builder Ep 38: Strategies for Reusing Construction Waste

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The Kendeda project also prioritized equity by providing job opportunities for community members who were struggling to find work. Skanska engaged with Georgia Works, a nonprofit in Atlanta that provides job training opportunities for men who are overcoming homelessness or prior incarceration.

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Forbearance Exits Expected to Add Inventory

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The intense housing market and strong equity growth will offer these homeowners more options than those in 2008 who were pushed into involuntary foreclosure, says Zillow. A wave of inventory could come soon as hundreds of thousands of homeowners are expected to exit forbearance, with a significant share likely to list their homes.

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Coating for sustainability

Construction Specifier

Using innovative design elements and low-volatile organic compound (VOC), high-performance coating systems, the Kendeda Building at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, is set to become the largest Living Building Challenge (LBC) building in the Southeast. LEED was first introduced in 1993 and continues to evolve.

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Share of Built-for-Rent Housing Expected to Double by 2024

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Monthly mortgage payments that would be a resident’s equity are now income for real-estate companies. Mr. McNeilage’s Kinloch Partners includes built-to-rent houses in the Nashville and Atlanta areas. These economic forces and generational preferences are creating a new kind of housing: the landlord suburb.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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In the Finance category, finalists include organizations focused on construction financing, shared-equity models, and renter programs that support increased savings and equity. RenoFi | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania RenoFi.com is the first one-stop-shop marketplace for financing a home renovation.

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USGBC Wants You to Comment on the Next Version of LEED

Green Building Law Update

have been criticized for not going far enough to address, and will almost certainly find their way into the next generation rating system, it is social equity and matters of occupant health. But if there are two issues that LEED v4 and v4.1 could become the foundation of LEED certification.

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