Preferred Apartment Communities Announces Investment in Multifamily Development in Tampa

TAMPA, FL – Preferred Apartment Communities announced that it closed on a loan investment of up to approximately $18.7 million.  This investment is in connection with The Altman Companies plans to develop a 392-unit multifamily community located in Tampa, Florida. 

Additionally, with this investment, PAC received an option to buy the multifamily community following stabilization at a discounted price to market.

The development is part of the Wiregrass master-plotted community which has been approved to include, among other things, over 10,000 homes, 2.7 million square feet of retail, one million square feet of industrial, a 138-acre sports complex, and 2.6 million square feet of office, including a campus plotted by Raymond James for 750 employees.  

“The Altman Group is a South Florida based developer of Class A multifamily properties throughout the Southeast U.S.  We are excited to partner with The Altman Group,” said Daniel M. DuPree, the Company’s Vice-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer.

Preferred Apartment Communities was formed primarily to buy and operate multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States.  The company enters into forward buy contracts or buy options for to-be-built multifamily communities and makes real estate related loans, provides deposit arrangements, or performance assurances in connection with the development of multifamily communities and other properties.

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Mortgage Rates Soar with Biggest Weekly Increase Since 2013 According to Bankrate.com Survey

NEW YORK, NY – Mortgage rates soared this week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 4.01 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.24 discount and origination points.

The larger jumbo 30-year fixed climbed to 4.01 percent, while the average 15-year fixed mortgage rate jumped to 3.21 percent. Adjustable mortgage rates spiked as well, with the 5-year ARM and 7-year ARM bounding to 3.39 percent and 3.62 percent, respectively.    

“Mortgage rates spiked above the 4 percent mark for the first time since January on speculation – and that’s all it is at this point – about the potential for more government borrowing, higher inflation, and quicker economic growth under a Trump administration. This week’s increase in mortgage rates, being dubbed the ‘Trump Tantrum’, is the largest one week increase since the ‘Taper Tantrum’ in June 2013,” stated Bankrate.com’s chief financial analyst, Greg McBride, CFA. “For an increase of this magnitude to be sustained, eventually the reality will have to catch up with the perception. And since it is likely months before we have specific stimulus plans from the President-elect and even more months until any dollars would really make their way into the economy, the backdrop of slow global economic growth, aging populations in developed markets, and low inflation around the world may well reassert itself, prompting a rate pullback. Stay tuned.”

At the current average 30-year fixed mortgage rate of 4.01 percent, the monthly payment for a $200,000 loan is $955.98.

SURVEY RESULTS

30-year fixed: 4.01% — up from 3.73% last week (avg. points: 0.24)

15-year fixed: 3.21% — up from 2.97% last week (avg. points: 0.20)

5/1 ARM: 3.39% — up from 3.15% last week (avg. points: 0.29)

Bankrate’s national weekly mortgage survey is conducted each Wednesday from data provided by the top 10 banks and thrifts in 10 top markets.

For a full analysis of this week’s go in mortgage rates, go to www.bankrate.com

The survey is complemented by Bankrate’s weekly Rate Trend Index, in which a panel of mortgage experts predicts which way the rates are headed over the next seven days. Half of the panelists expect rates to go down over the next week, while 40 percent predict that mortgage rates will continue to rise. Just 10 percent expect mortgage rates to remain more or less unchanged over the next seven days.

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Hale: Solutions to address Virginia’s rural housing challenges

(RECAP: It’s not surprising that for the past decade, most of the discussion of affordable housing needs in Virginia has focused on urbanized areas with growing populations and rapidly increasing housing costs. Surrounding these metro areas, but, are rural communities struggling with slow or negative population growth, along with a unique set of housing challenges that have nearly faded from view. But, just because the population center in Virginia continues to go north and east doesn’t mean we can or should neglect the challenges of those Virginians living in rural areas. For the past year, Housing Virginia has been engaged in an effort to explore housing trends and needs throughout the state’s rural regions. The work included partnering with the Virginia Association of Realtors to host meetings with rural stakeholders across the state. The results of these efforts are published in a report titled The State of Housing in Rural Virginia: Changing Needs, Challenges and Opportunities. The report will be released and presented at the Governor’s Housing Conference, which starts today in Roanoke.)

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