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You crushed your first deal. Bought multifamily unit in 2021. Solid cash flow. Tax benefits working beautifully. Happy. Now it’s 2026. You find an identical unit. Same builder. Same price. Same rent potential. “Perfect,” you think. “I know exactly how this will perform.” You’re wrong. Same property. Completely different returns. Why? Because you’re not buying the same financial structure. THE MISTAKE EVERY SECOND-TIME BUYER MAKES The False Assumption: “I bought a unit like this before. I know what it’ll do.” Reality: Financing changed. Tax laws shifted. Property history differs. Rent market changed. Even if two... Read more
After years of tight supply and elevated rent growth, many renters now have more options—and property managers are under more pressure to compete on experience,...
CoStar and Apartments.com have released the latest update on U.S. multifamily vacancy trends, showing improving market conditions as apartment demand continues to...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US renter mobility has dropped, with only 37% expecting to move in three years—down from 57% in 2014, per New York Fed data. Mortgage affordability...
Value-add apartment investors are entering a new phase in which future returns will depend far more on property-level performance than on market-driven valuation...
What Happened: Consumer prices rose 0.1% in July and rose 3.4% year-over-year, according to data released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both figures landed exactly in line with consensus forecasts. After months of volatile, energy-driven swings in both directions, July is the first report in 2026 to confirm what markets expected. Shelter rose 0.1% for the month, the same pace as June, but accounted for roughly two-thirds of the total monthly increase. In a month where headline CPI itself rose just 0.1%, that share reflects the absence of other meaningful price pressures as much as it does shelter’s persistence. Energy continued to ease, declining 1.5% in July... Read more
About the Author: Rajni Kapur is CEO of All Solutions Insurance Agency in Moreno Valley, California, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the state. Some...
Single-family rental (SFR) rent growth accelerated in the Northeast and Midwest, home to eight of 10 leading markets in the first half of 2026. Buffalo, NY, outpaced...
Apartments.com, an industry-leading online marketplace of CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), published its latest report on multifamily rent trends for July 2026. U.S....
KEY TAKEAWAYS Over 16% of US stabilized apartments offered concessions in June 2026, near post-2014 highs. The average concession discount jumped to 11.1%, the deepest...
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