Apartment City

When a house inspection is due, Chris is worried about a lot more than cleaning.  The 25-year-old organises a friend to look after his dog, and hides any trace of his four-legged friend: food, water bowl, leashes and toys.  He is worried if his landlord finds out about the pooch, he could be kicked out of the house he shares with three friends in Melbourne’s inner south. Strict pet bans force renters to surrender their animals, RSPCA says." /> Strict pet bans force renters to surrender their animals, RSPCA says. Photo: Robert Peet Chris, who requested anonymity, said he struggled to find a pet-friendly rental. “The rental market is so tight now that even finding a house was hard enough,” he said.  Data suggests his experience is not uncommon. An analysis of rental listings has found just five per cent of properties are marketed as pet-friendly, despite more than 60 per cent of Australian households owning a pet.  Experts say the rental sector’s hardline stance towards pets...

When Tigris Holding Company bought land on 34th Street and Milwaukee Avenue about eight years ago, they felt they were on to something good. “They had recently paved Milwaukee , and just studying traffic counts out there, we just felt like it was a good growth area in Lubbock,” said Ty Craft, a directing principal at Tigris. Leasing recently opened for Tigris’s third complex in the area, El Mirador. If their nearby properties - Escondido and Elm Creek - are any indication, the newest multi-family concept is sure to fill soon. Craft said Elm Creek, a single-story facility, is almost always at full capacity and has a lengthy wait list . This is is a trend throughout Lubbock, according to recently collected ALN Apartment Data . In June, apartment occupancy was at almost 91 percent, suggesting nearly every available unit is full. This rate has stayed consistently high through the first half of 2017, according to monthly data from ALN. Suzanne Comer, executive officer with the Lubbock ...

NEW YORK, NY — It's one of the oldest rivalries in American migration: New York vs. Los Angeles. For the better part of a century, residents of the nation's two largest metro areas have been defending their chosen kingdom and dismissing the other on an endless loop of judginess between kitty-corner coasts. Ew, the traffic! But the sunshine! But the subway! But the garbage! But the skyline! But the coastline! But the bustle! But the chill! In this tireless war of words, a clear winner has yet to emerge. But it's harder to argue against the numbers. Thousands of working professionals have relocated to Los Angeles County from New York City in the past year and a half, according to a series of monthly "workforce reports" released this spring and summer by the job- networking site LinkedIn (and spotted by LA Weekly). And it's not exactly a two-way street. Since early 2016, according to LinkedIn, around seven or eight out of every 10, 000 site users in LA report...