Property Management News
The worst of the multifamily insurance shock may be easing, but apartment owners are not yet seeing the payoff in higher net operating income. That is the central message in Trepp’s latest review of annual financial statements for multifamily properties backing securitized commercial mortgages. The data show a meaningful slowdown in expense growth during 2025, led by a sharp deceleration in property insurance costs. But revenue growth cooled at the same time, utilities became more expensive and median NOI growth fell to 1.8% from 3.4% a year earlier. For commercial real estate investors, the distinction matters. Lower cost growth is welcome, particularly after several... Read more
KEY POINTS The number of homes owned by institutional investors listed for sale is more than double what it was at the start of February, according to an analysis from...
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...
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 more data-driven have also handed bad actors a significantly more powerful set of tools. Generative AI can now produce convincing fake pay stubs, bank statements, and identity documents in minutes. The good news is that technology is also the most promising tool available for combatting these new threats. Understanding how requires a clear-eyed look at how bad actors are operating, how operators are responding, and what the gap between those two things still looks like. Organizations of all portfolio sizes are encountering... Read more
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...
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...
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