Friday, October 6, 2017

Housing Updates


With over 5,200 mobile home parks in Florida, it’s estimated that about 1 in 5 are in a high-hazard flood zone. In the two counties with the highest rates of coverage – Monroe and Collier – only half the homes are insured. This leaves most mobile home residents, who happen to be on the low-income end of the spectrum, in a pickle with a large amount of damage to their homes. 82% of th….




It’s a realization slowing coming full-circle that the development of accurately-produced housing models (i.e. manufactured homes) are starting to shift from an alternative to an increasingly first-choice approach to construction. Not because offsite construction is trying to displace traditional methods, but to generation additional housing capac…






“Time is money and modular housing construction can save both.” In a time when the need for affordable housing is so dire, providers are looking for new ways to address that problem while also being efficient with time and money. Due to lack of talent and labor force, on-site builders cannot build on the timeline they used to be able to, causing developers to look at modular housing as a possible solut…



Bascom Arizona Ventures has just recently acquired three apartment communities in Tucson & Sierra Vista, Arizona for $70,225,000, or $86,484 per unit. Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and the seller. All three communities are equipped with a resort-style swimming pool, spa, 24-hour fitness center, business center, and private garages. Portfolio Manager of Bascom Arizona Ventures, Mark Brotherton, says, “The Southern Arizona portfolio provides us with an exceptional opportunity to acquire another multifamily portfolio in a recovering mar…”



Four motels sitting along the Benson Highway have been sold to investors and converted to apartments for rent. The Owl Lodge, Wagon Wheel Inn, Stagecoach Inn, and Mesa Lodge have a combined 55 units that sold for $1.3 million to Arizona-based private multifamily inves…

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