Could you live in a single-car garage? That’s about the size of tiny apartments popping up in major U.S. cities where many residents live alone. Inhabitants say the key is keeping only stuff you use.
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Edmonton vacancy rate tumbles to historic lows
Nicole Guilbault, her boyfriend and two kids are running out of time.
Her family, including a 20-day-old newborn, need to be out of their townhouse on Aug 1.
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Apartments reap rewards of rising rates
Just as the housing recovery was gaining steam, rising mortgage rates threw a wrench in it and turned down the heat. But it’s not all bad news, not for rental apartments.
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Rentals are back
Higher home prices, and potential higher interest rates have reignited investor interest in the rental market. CNBC’s Diana Olick, offers insight.
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Cold Lake offering cash grants to new landlords
The oil town of Cold Lake is offering developers up to $7,500 per unit to build new rental apartments in the northeastern Alberta city. The cash offer is meant to help with “the housing crunch our community is facing,” said Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland.
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Multi-family buildings required to provide recycling
During their regular meeting May 13, Sylvan Lake councillors:
• passed first reading of a bylaw which will require owners of multi-family dwellings with 12 or more units to provide suitable on-site recycling services for their tenants.
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Multi-family housing back in vogue in Edmonton
After years of being overshadowed by the single-detached market, multi-family housing is back in vogue with Edmonton-region builders and homebuyers.
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Even as Housing Revives, Apartment Growth Set to Boom
With housing now in recovery and apartment rents rising, there is new concern that tenants and investors alike will move out of the multi-family space.
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City seeks input on recycling plan for condos and apartments
The city is looking to improve recycling options for apartment and condominium residents.
A series of open houses this month are intended to help determine a future strategy.
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Apartment vacancy rate falls to lowest level since 2001
(Reuters) – The U.S. apartment vacancy rate fell to its lowest level in more than a decade, but persistent stagnant income growth for U.S. workers has tempered the ability of landlords to raise rents, according to an industry report released on Wednesday.
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