Report: Pandemic changes prompting some San Antonio renters to move from downtown to suburbs
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Rent growth stayed relatively flat in the San Antonio area last year, according to a report by the San Antonio Apartment Association.Staff file photo
Opportunities to work remotely, skip commuting, spread out in more space and spend less on rent prompted some residents to move farther away from San Antonio’s urban core last year, a report by the San Antonio Apartment Association suggests.
And while home prices rose last year amid a tight supply and low interest rates, average rent and occupancy in the area stayed largely flat as rental assistance programs provided aid, landlords offered deals to help keep tenants in their buildings and developers completed new apartments.
Express Briefing: Frozen pipes? S.A. plumber gives some advice
Feb. 16, 2021
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Even among San Antonians who’d heeded plumbers’ warnings trickling faucets overnight to prevent pipes from freezing the record-shattering cold meant that many residents still awoke to frozen pipes.
It was a first for many San Antonians: Low temperatures in the single digits, a blanket of ankle-deep snow, icy and impassable roads. Residents filled social media with rare photographs of snow covering trees, homes and cars then flooded those same online forums with questions about plumbing problems that arose overnight.
Industry Veteran Allyson McKay to Lead Embrey Management Services Division
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Allyson McKay, a seasoned executive in national property management, has been named Managing Director, Executive Vice President for Embrey Management Services. She takes over divisional leadership and operational duties previously held by Cindy Ash, who retired in December 2020.
(PRNewsfoto/Embrey) Allyson is an experienced professional with strong and proven skills leading property management teams, said Trey Embrey, President and CEO of Embrey. Our property management division is an important cornerstone – along with our investment, development and construction divisions – and we are delighted to welcome Allyson to our leadership team.