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NEWS ITEM: July 7, 2010:  Institutional investors are quickly recovering from the recent meltdown in the U.S. property markets, pushing aside investments such as stocks and recommitting to commercial real estate and other alternative investments such as infrastructure.  According to a new study on institutions by J.P. Morgan Asset Management — titled “Market Pulse: Alternative Assets Survey” —investors believe commercial real estate could rebound significantly over the next 12 months and are resuming their steady march from so-called “traditional” investments to the “alternative.”  Broadly speaking, alternative investments include real estate, hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, commodities and other real assets

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7 Key Reasons to Invest in Apartments 

April 24, 2009

Torto Wheaton Research completed a research report, entitled “A Case for Investing in U.S. Apartments” which was published last week by the National Multi Housing Council.

The group identified 7 Key Factors in Apartment Investing:

• Apartments have a long track record of having the highest risk-adjusted investment returns compared to other property types. The sector has proven to be most resilient during economic downturns, delivering superior returns during recessionary periods. 

• Apartments have the most efficient cash distribution, due to low capital expenditures and technical improvements.  

• Apartments have a lower cost of capital and wider availability of debt capital; apartment investments can support more debt with the same level of risk.  

• Apartments operate in a favorable, transparent, and market-driven regulatory and taxation environment. In addition, apartments have shorter leases than other property types, allowing them to adjust more quickly to changing market environments.  

• Apartment properties vary widely in terms of age, size, quality, and location, creating a broad spectrum of opportunities and possible investment strategies, thereby providing greater liquidity than other sectors.  

• Short-term problems from the current economic downturn aside, apartment market fundamentals are expected to remain positive on a cumulative basis over the next five-to-seven year period. Demand is expected to expand and new supply is expected to subside, creating conditions for moderate rent and revenue growth in most locations.  

• Apartments are still under-weighted in institutional real estate portfolios.

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Press Releases

• Ben Frederick featured in article in the Business Section of the Baltimore Sun on January 4, 2009
• 3841 Falls Rd closes.  a 6-unit apartment building sold in record time.
• Baltimore City landlords must provide a Carbon Monoxide Detector in any rental property with (a) a gas appliance (b) an attached garage, or (c) a fireplace.