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Many renters will continue to see more affordable rentals on the market through 2026, though that depends entirely on where you live—and whether a lot of construction is happening nearby. Across the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, the median asking rent fell 1.5% in June to $1,692, marking nearly three straight years of declines, according to a report released Tuesday by Realtor.com. Rent relief has followed an increase in supply, as builders spent years playing catch-up after the pandemic rent spike, but continued relief could vary greatly depending on geography, according to Jiayi Xu, an economist at the Austin-based real estate site. “Cities like Columbus, Ohio and Orlando are... Read more
The debate over whether to buy or rent a home continues to tilt heavily in one direction in California’s largest cities, where home prices have been largely...
Notable Trends One-bedrooms turn the corner: the median national one-bedroom rent rose 0.5% month-over-month to $1,526, and is now up 0.4% year-over-year, the first...
There is a particular irony in the current state of the multifamily industry. The same technological forces that have made property management faster, more scalable, and...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Rental competition cooled slightly nationwide but rose sharply in Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco. Chicago posted the nation’s largest RCI jump,...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US apartment occupancy climbed to 95.2% in April 2026, marking four straight months of improvement after bottoming out at the end of 2025. Sun Belt markets including Austin, Denver, Phoenix, and Charlotte continued to post steep annual rent cuts as new supply outpaced absorption. Coastal tech hubs such as San Francisco and San Jose led national rent growth, signaling a widening divide between supply-heavy Sun Belt metros and constrained coastal markets. The US apartment market posted another month of incremental improvement in April, with occupancy returning above the 95% threshold for the first time since late 2025. According to RealPage Market Analytics, occupancy... Read more
The year started on a promising note for apartment hunters as the national rental market has cooled off slightly, at least on paper: The U.S. competitiveness score...
Stop trading your time for single-family doors that barely net $200 a month. By the end of 2026, data suggests the wealth gap between residential landlords and...
Top dog-friendly apartments nationwide understand they’re competing with single-family homes, not just other apartments, and communities that embrace pets see stronger...
People use AI to write work emails and to search for Valentine’s Day gift ideas, so it’s natural to wonder whether it can file your taxes, too. Just imagine...
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