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Demand for multifamily units continues to grow. But at the same time, a growing number of renters are struggling to afford the monthly cost of these units. Apartment List last month reported that as of 2024 22.2 million U.S. renter households were considered cost burdened. This means that they spent more than 30% of their monthly income on rent. That 22.2 million renters equaled 51.8% of all renter households in the United States. Some renters face even greater financial challenges. Apartment List reported that 11.2 million renter households in 2024 spent more than half of their income on rent, making them severely cost-burdened. The percentage of cost-burdened renter households reached a... Read more
A New York appeals court struck down a state law banning discrimination against tenants who use Section 8 vouchers, ruling that the 2019 source-of-income protections...
Despite a recent softening in rents for new leases and a cooling construction pipeline, rental housing in the US remains unaffordable for households across the income...
KEY TAKEAWYS Utility costs fell from 11–12% of multifamily rent in the mid-2000s to 8.8% by 2020. US shale boom and lower natural gas prices reduced utility...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Atlanta remains a highly localized rental market, with over 77% of searches staying within the metro area, signaling strong regional retention. New York,...
Across the United States, the gap between the cheapest and most expensive cities in a single state has become a defining feature of the rental landscape, not an outlier. A 2025 Rentometer analysis of three‑bedroom single‑family homes in cities with at least 25,000 residents shows that within many states, median rents can differ by more than $1,500 per month—and in some cases by several thousand—despite sharing the same tax code, utilities infrastructure and broader economic conditions. For commercial real estate investors, that divergence is no longer noise; it is the structural lens through which alpha must be found. A nation of micro‑markets Rentometer’s report... Read more
Even New York City’s affordable housing is getting too expensive for many low-income tenants, leading to a spike in eviction filings, a new report...
The U.S. rental market has officially tipped in favor of tenants and turned renter-friendly as the vacancy rate has climbed to 7.6% across the 50 largest...
At the first sign of vacancy troubles, apartment operators often react by running a community-wide rent special. Here’s the problem: Broad specials, where every...
While early 2026 brought lower monthly housing costs and higher vacancy rates to many major metros, renters in a select few affordable, job-packed hubs are seeing...
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