Category: CSU
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Colorado State University Student Housing Developments
The Coloradoan has written a nice article giving a reasonable update/status on some of the current student housing projects being evaluated around Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. All of these projects have been underway for well over a year, so it isn’t really new news, but the update is pretty accurate. Have a…
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Investors, Landlords Reduce Rental Property Loan Payments 30%
by Niman Singh (from AAOA) Fannie Mae’s New Loan Payment Reduction Plan Fannie Mae’s Payment Reduction Plan (PRP) is now available to real estate investors and landlords who are having trouble making payments on their investment properties. Since real estate investors and landlords have not been eligible for Home Affordability Modification Program (HAMP), they have…
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How Do You Appeal to Renters Without Using Rent Concessions?
By Charity Hisle Multifamily Insiders How are you writing your apartment community craigslist ad titles? Are you using rent concessions to drive traffic to your property? What if you don’t have any promotions? What content are you posting to your Facebook and Twitter pages? Are you just posting your rental rates and promotions? Did you…
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Landlords brace for ‘green’ plan
BCBR Article Landlords brace for ‘green’ planBy David Clucas October 30, 2009 —BOULDER – Residential landlords may soon be forced to make thousands of dollars of energy-efficient upgrades in order to receive a rental license from the city of Boulder. Boulder officials are proposing the idea as part of its Climate Action Plan to reduce…
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Rental Housing Licensing in Fort Collins – Good or Bad?
The City of Fort Collins is considering implementing registration and licensing of all rental housing in the city. The Occupancy Ordinance is the medium under which neighborhood citizens are fighting to implement the licensing – to help pay the way for enforcing the existing rules and laws. However, licensing can be costly to owners and…
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Now not the time to review Occupancy Ordinance
Clint Skutchan – Fort Collins Board of Realtors The Fort Collins Board of Realtors in 2005 supported the update to the occupancy ordinance because we believed it would lead to safer rental homes and higher neighborhood quality. Once again, we find ourselves engaged in this discussion as the council is slated to review the ordinance.…
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CSU sets record enrollment
Coloradoan – By Coloradoan staff • September 18, 2009 Colorado State University set a new record for enrollment this fall with 25,413 students, including 21,204 undergraduates, 3,671 graduate students and 538 professional veterinary medicine students. This is an increase of 1.6 percent from last year’s total enrollment of 25,011. A total of 4,285 new freshmen…
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CSU Real Estate Chief Leaves Post
The Coloradoan – BY TREVOR HUGHES • TrevorHughes@coloradoan.com • May 16, 2009 The head of CSU’s real estate office has been “separated” from his post and paid nearly $70,000 in severance after his bosses decided to reorganize the office. Victor Holtorf left the Colorado State University Research Foundation’s real estate office on April 3. CSURF…
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CSU Proposes Layoffs and Tuition Increase
Colorado State University is proposing a layoff of approximately 40 administrative staff and increasing the tuition by 9%. This in an attempt to cut around $30M from the budget. Stimulus money should be able to backfill the cuts, but it won’t be enough to cover cuts that have already been made. Tuition will increase around…
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Education level helps to buffer against job loss
The Coloradoan – BY ROBERT MOORE The Fort Collins-Loveland area’s highly educated workforce is giving the region some protection against the skyrocketing unemployment plaguing the country, a CSU economist said. The area’s unemployment rate reached a seasonally adjusted 6.4 percent in March, up from a revised 6.2 percent in February and the 3.9 percent rate…