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Apartment and Condominium Market Bounces Back to Trend in Second Quarter

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Printer-friendly version Filed in , The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), released today by NAHB, posted a gain of eight points to 56 in the second quarter. The MPI measures builder and developer sentiment about current conditions in the apartment and condominium market on a scale of 0 to 100. The index and all of its components are scaled so that a number above 50 indicates that more respondents report conditions are improving than report conditions are getting worse. The MPI provides a composite measure of three key elements of the multifamily housing market : construction of low-rent units, market- rate rental units and “for-sale” units, or condominiums. All three components increased in the second quarter: low-rent units and market- rate rental units rose five points to 53 and 60, respectively, while for- sale units climbed 14 points to 57. This is the highest the for-sale index has been since 2005. The Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI), which measures the multifamily hous...

US Concrete's (USCR) CEO Bill Sandbrook on Q2 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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US Concrete Inc (NASDAQ:USCR) Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call August 08, 2017 10:00 AM ET Executives Kevin Kohutek - Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Bill Sandbrook - President and Chief Executive Officer Analysts Trey Grooms - Stephens Inc Adam Thalhimer - Thompson, Davis Scott Schrier - Citi Craig Bibb - CJS Securities Stanley Elliott - Stifel Nicolaus Roresa Mojo - D.A. Davidson Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the U.S. Concrete, Inc. Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . [ Operator Instructions ] I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Kevin Kohutek, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer . You may begin. Kevin Kohutek Thank you, Israh. Good morning, and welcome to U.S. Concrete's Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . Joining me on the call today is Bill Sandbrook, our President and Chief Executive Officer . Bill and I will make some prepared remarks, after which we will open the call to your ...

Multifamily Production Index Increased by Eight Points in Q2

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Home News Multifamily Production Index Increased by Eight Points in Q2 Multifamily Production Index Increased by Eight Points in Q2" width="464" height="186" class="visible-xs" /> Multifamily Production Index Increased by Eight Points in Q2" width="124" height="126" class="hidden-xs" /> Washington, DC, August 25, 2017-The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), posted a gain of eight points to 56 in the second quarter. The MPI measures builder and developer sentiment about current conditions in the apartment and condominium market on a scale of 0 to 100. The index and all of its components are scaled so that a number above 50 indicates that more respondents report conditions are improving than report conditions are getting worse. The MPI provides a composite measure of three key elements of the multifamily housing market : construc...

As housing market swoons, rentals boom in Norfolk | Real Estate

NORFOLK The housing market may be struggling, but apartment construction in Norfolk continues to boom. The City Council is expected to approve a rezoning today that will allow a 180-unit, $20. 7 million upscale apartment development called the Meadowood Apartments to be constructed off North Military Highway . It would be the seventh apartment complex that opened, received city approval or on which construction began in the past year. Moreover, two other apartment complexes have been proposed. Meadowood would be built on 7.7 acres currently zoned for industrial use on International Boulevard adjacent to a Kmart and the Park Crescent Apartments . Rents would top out at $1,450, said Taylor Franklin, vice president of multi family development for S.L. Nusbaum Realty . It would be a gated community, Franklin said. Nusbaum has either proposed, built or is building four of the complexes in Norfolk. "The apartment market in Hampton Roads remains very strong," Franklin...

Mack-Cali Realty's (CLI) CEO Michael DeMarco on Q2 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Mack- Cali Realty Corp . (NYSE:CLI) Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call August 03, 2017 08:30 AM ET Executives Michael DeMarco - President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Krug - Chief Financial Officer Marshall Tycher - Chairman of Roseland Residential Trust Analysts John Guinee - Stiefel Manny Korchman - Citi Jamie Feldman - Bank of America Rob Simone - Evercore ISI Vincent Chao - Deutsche Bank Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Mack- Cali Realty Corporation Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . Today's call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Michael J. DeMarco, President and Chief Executive Officer . Please go ahead, sir. Michael DeMarco Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining the Mack-Cali's second quarter 2017 earnings call . This is Mike DeMarco, the CEO of Mack-Cali. The lovely day in a waterfront, sun shining. I'm joined today by my partners Marshall Tycher , Chairman of Rosel...