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HUD Publishes Proposed Fair-Market Rents for Section 8 for 2011

Dennis Norman — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:04:34 +0000

Dennis Norman

Annually, HUD determines “fair market rents” which become effective October 1st each year and are used to determine rent amounts under the Housing Choice Voucher program, Housing Assistance Payment Contracts, Moderate Rehab programs as well as other Section 8 programs.

Earlier this month HUD published in the Federal Register it’s proposed fair [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Rental Market for New Apartments Holding Steady

Dennis Norman — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:41:35 +0000

Dennis Norman

With all the negative things I have been discussing about the real estate and housing market lately, it is refreshing to actually get to write something positive for a change. Last week HUD released it’s Housing Market Report for 1st quarter 2010 and it contained some reasonably good news for investors, or [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Congress Considering New Tax Burdens on Real Estate

Dennis Norman — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:47:35 +0000

Dennis Norman

As the real estate market and industry continues to struggle to try to pull out of the dumps, another blow could come soon from Congress in the form of new tax burdens on real estate.

Congress is proposing that all owners of rental properties be required to complete and file 1099 forms [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

‘Great Recession’ Challenges Apartment Industry

Dennis Norman — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:28:56 +0000

Dennis Norman

Every facet of the apartment industry was touched by the Great Recession in 2009, according to the NMHC 50, the National Multi Housing Council’s annual ranking of the 50 largest apartment owners and the 50 largest apartment managers.

“Apartment sales transaction volume plummeted,” noted Mark Obrinsky, NMHC Chief Economist. “Only $14 billion [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Rental Housing Market Holding Up Well – At Least In the Lower Rent Ranges

Dennis Norman — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:11:48 +0000

Dennis Norman

Recently HUD published a report, “U.S. Rental Housing Characteristics: Supply, Vacancy, and Affordability“, which was packed with data about the rental housing market. The data in the report clearly illustrates that the rental market is holding up pretty well, at least in the lower rent price-ranges, while the for-sale housing market has [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Unconventional thoughts on being a landlord

Shae Bynes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:50:49 +0000

Shae Bynes, Good Faith Investing

I don’t blog much about my landlord experiences, but a conversation I recently had with an investor from St. Louis (with 30+ years of real estate investing experience) inspired this post. We were talking about our philosophy regarding landlording and it was a breath of fresh air to speak [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

New law gives tenants in foreclosed homes additional protection

Dennis Norman — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:43:30 +0000

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

If you buy a foreclosed home that has an existing tenant in it you need to be sure you are aware of and comply with provisions of the “Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009″. The act went into effect on May 20, 2009 and provides the following protections for [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program alert…

Dennis Norman — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:27:11 +0000

By: Dennis Norman

A couple of weeks ago I made a post about renting property under Housing Choice Voucher program and offered it as something you may want to consider. Included in my post was reference to the fact that in order for your property to be eligible for this program it had to meet some [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Subsidized Rentals to Low-Income Families

Dennis Norman — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:02:38 +0000

By: Dennis Norman

You may already be renting your homes to one or more of the 1.95 million families that receive rental assistance under HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program, however if not you may want to consider doing so.

What is the Housing Choice Voucher program? This is a program that was established in 1974 and known as [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.