The article below describes some of the commercial real estate opportunities in New Orleans. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN LOUISIANA One of the best spots for commercial real estate in Louisiana is in New Orleans. It is a bustling city, even after Hurricane Katrina, that attracts lots of tourists, companies and builders. It is an ideal location to find great commercial real estate. The two often overlooked areas of New Orleans, New Orleans East and the West Bank ,offer slightly different, but promising options in real estate space. Hence it would […]

This is a positive assessment of the apartment market by an apartment developer and by the chief economist of the National Association of Home Builders. Apartments are the Only Housing Sector That Is Not Oversupplied, Affirms Witten Published: October 24, 2008 by Keat Foong, Executive Editor, Multi-Housing News Washington, D.C.—The apartment market remains healthy although rental demand is slowing, said Ron Witten, president of Witten Advisors LLC, speaking this week at the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Fall Construction Forecast Conference. Witten said that apartment occupancy level has decreased […]

The following article from Multi-Housing News paints a guardedly optimistic picture for the apartment market based on very current data. It notes that the national vacancy rate at 10.7% is still healthy and that rents continue to increase, albeit at a smaller rate than in recent years. Apartments Remain Relatively Undamaged by Economic Crises through Third Quarter Published: November 24, 2008 by Keat Foong, Executive Editor, Multi-Housing News Apartment fundamentals on a nationwide basis remained relatively healthy through the third quarter despite the economic and financial crises. “At least through […]

This article points out that the apartment sector of the economy is still in balance and does not have problems with oversupply. This continues to reinforce the notion that apartments are one of the safest investments in the U.S. today. Apartments are the Only Housing Sector That Is Not Oversupplied, Affirms Witten Published: October 24, 2008 By Keat Foong, Executive Editor, Multi Housing News Washington, D.C.—The apartment market remains healthy although rental demand is slowing, said Ron Witten, president of Witten Advisors LLC, speaking this week at the National Association […]