Fickling & Company Realtors

Fickling & Company’s Multi-Family Division has had an extraordinary year. Our apartment portfolio has doubled in size, and revenues are up by 55% over last year’s operating results. The Fourth Quarter has been particularly successful for the Fickling properties.  We have consistently outperformed the market, with occupancies averaging 95% or greater.  Market rents have also…

In this article we will discuss the National Market for 2006 and 2007.  The condition of the housing sector has a direct impact on the condition of the multi-family market.  As predicted, the housing sector slowed in 2006 after setting records for each year from 2000 to 2005. The Commerce Department estimated that October’s new home…

In my articles in the past newsletters I have discussed topics such as office vacancies and occupancy, valuing properties and key commercial terms to name a few.  Most of the time I come up with the different subjects from questions from my clients.  So suffice to say that is the same with this article.  When…

In 2008, the average occupancy for Central Georgia was 89.5%, a 1% improvement over the prior year’s results.  The markets experiencing the greatest increase in 2008 over 2007 were East Macon at 5%, Milledgeville at 5.5% and Warner Robins at 2%. The markets experiencing the greatest year-over-year downturn were Downtown Macon at 3% and North…

Retailers are always looking at the demographics of one area compared to another, to help them determine where they want to locate the next store.  Forbes Magazine recently ran an article on where they thought the 200 best places in the country were located and why.  This article was published just after tax-day and at the…