$39M Financing Deal Closes for Multifamily Complex [Maryland]

$39M Financing Deal Closes for Multifamily Complex [Maryland] The 495-unit Loch Raven Village apartment community will get a new owner and a facelift with the assistance of a $38.5-million joint venture equity and debt financing deal that has just closed. Located at 1711 Edgewood Rd. just off the Baltimore Beltway, The residences are contained within …

Team turns ‘distressed’ homes into sales

Team turns ‘distressed’ homes into sales SDV Real Estate Holdings has worked out a system for turning dumps into marketable delights. Some might think buying deeply distressed homes and condominiums in a sputtering realty market is a recipe for a financial hemorrhage. Others, like the partners of SDV Real Estate Holdings LLC, see gold. SDV …

Warning: Flipping property isn’t as easy as it looks

Warning: Flipping property isn’t as easy as it looks You come home from a long day at work and, while channel surfing, you come across a show in which guys are buying run-down houses, fixing them up and reselling them for huge profits before the first mortgage payment is due. Wow. What’s more, they claim …

Baiting a hook for condo buyers

Baiting a hook for condo buyers [South Florida] In South Florida’s slowing real estate market, single-family home sellers aren’t the only ones getting nervous. Developers of new condominiums are antsy and trying to come up with creative ways to distinguish themselves from the competition. Free closing costs, purchase price discounts and appliance upgrades are just …