Apartment Finance Today Conference Sets the Stage for 2009

Multifamily owners and managers offer a not-so-sunny outlook on market fundamentals at leading industry event.

Multifamily movers and shakers gathered in Phoenix, Ariz., last week to kick off the three-day Apartment Finance Today Conference. Their discussion focused on capital challenges, lending strategies, occupancy and rent growth opportunities, and the state of the current economy. Event highlights included a roundtable discussion with industry leaders, a CFO power panel, and a keynote luncheon by former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros.

In case you missed it, here’s a look at the key takeaways from the event.

• Be Brutally Realistic and Focus on Management, Multifamily Leaders Say
• Private Investors Drive Equity Market
• Multifamily Construction Financing Search Leads to FHA
• Small Loans Face More Scrutiny
• Cisneros to Battered Industry: Demographics Are On Your Side
• Retaining Residents is the Key to Pushing NOI
• Under Conservatorship, the GSEs Focus on Securitization Programs, Business as Usual
• Adler Encourages Clarity and Quality During Acquisitions
• Linwood Thompson: The Bottom is Close
• With Green Opportunities Come Challenges, Multifamily Panel Says