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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Understanding the Construction Connection

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are owners, operators, and financers of income-generating real estate properties. The primary purpose of a REIT is to generate income for its investors through rental income, capital gains, or both. Hybrid REITs combine the characteristics of both equity and mortgage REITs.

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6 guideposts for cities to create equitable transit-oriented developments

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However, there is a purposeful shift under way toward a concept that prioritizes equity at every step of the process to enable inclusive communities around transit stops. Voters approved funding for this program in 2020 with equity as a mandate. For many people, living car-free is not a choice.

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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. Some landlords catering to affordable housing or lower-income tenants, meanwhile, have struggled to collect rent during the nearly yearlong eviction ban that ended over the weekend. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 10:00.

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% Core counties of metro areas experienced considerable shrinking of multifamily residential construction activity market share from 40.2% . • Increase the supply of manufactured housing and two- to four-unit properties by expanding financing through Freddie Mac. .

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

Pro Builder

The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% Core counties of metro areas experienced considerable shrinking of multifamily residential construction activity market share from 40.2% . • Increase the supply of manufactured housing and two- to four-unit properties by expanding financing through Freddie Mac. .

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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. In these structures, people would own stock in companies that hold commercial and residential properties in their area. “We

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How Just-in-Time Land Deals Help Manage Cash Flow

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This strategy is most likely driven by current equity shareholders more so than a genuine desire to own less land; after all, wouldn’t the appreciation of land purchased five years ago be conducive to higher margins today? In fact, that question is not easy to answer. . Land Development. Business Management.