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The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) is the nation’s largest nonprofit fair housing organization, leading investigations, enforcement, advocacy, and research to advance equal housing opportunity. It processes the majority of fair housing complaints nationwide and plays a significant role in shaping enforcement priorities. Each year, the NFHA publishes a comprehensive report on housing discrimination. It does this by drawing on data reported by private fair housing organizations, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), state and local Fair Housing Assistance Programs (FHAP), and the Department of Justice (DOJ). For housing providers and industry professionals, NFHA’s... Read more
For decades, summer was the undisputed high season for movers. Families planned relocations around school schedules, fair weather made hauling boxes easier, and...
As demographic shifts and evolving consumer expectations reshape the multifamily housing market, institutional property managers are responding with targeted operational...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) just issued a major update on criminal-record screening and rolled back several prior guidance documents. This...
Danielle Rickards is a 30-year-old single mother and a full-time caretaker to her 5-year-old daughter, who has a rare heart condition. For many Americans in similar...
A new report from Cotality reveals that investment homebuyers frequently overbid by up to 4.3% per property, often pay in cash, close quickly and are more likely to waive contingencies. On a median-priced home of $405,000, that overbid amounts to more than $17,000 extra, the report noted. These aggressive tactics make it harder for non-investors—particularly first-time buyers—to compete, effectively locking them out of the housing market and leaving them in the rising rental market. Since 2020, the average age of a first-time homebuyer has increased by five years, reaching 38, according to Cotality. Despite high home prices, investor appetite for residential real estate has... Read more
The secret sauce that turns a prospect from potential to “SOLD!” is experience — how the apartment tour made them “feel” about your property, including how...
The national median rent dipped by 0.4 percent in September, marking the second straight monthly decline, according to the October report from Apartment List. In...
The cost varies widely based on many factors. An apartment complex typically costs between $3.8 million and $30 million to build, or $75,000 to $600,000 per...
Verified renters—who have undergone formal identity, credit, and income verification—deliver substantial financial and operational benefits for landlords and...
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