Property Management News

Rents Drop in 60% of Southern California

  If you’re looking for a rental deal, tenants can find discounts in 60% of Southern California cities. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed June’s rent report from ApartmentList, which tracks renter costs in 53 cities across the region, with cost estimates that combine government statistics and listing data from its own website. Here’s what the math shows: landlords trimmed rents in 32 out of the 53 cities. Rents rose in 20 cities and were unchanged in one city, Vista. Across the region, the typical rent dropped 0.4% over the past year. Median rents now sit at $1,921 for a one-bedroom and $2,359 for a two-bedroom. You see, many landlords across Southern California are... Read more

Southern California’s rental market is costlier to the south, but landlords have more pricing power to the north. That’s a theme within my trusty spreadsheet‘s...

After years of debate about the future of the office, many employers now appear to have accepted that working from home – often in some hybrid configuration –...

U.S. single-family rentals have finally hit a wall after years of steady post‑pandemic rent growth, with national asking rents slipping and pricing power...

KEY TAKEAWAYS US multifamily net absorption in Q2 2026 reached 124,600 units, an 8% YoY increase, according to Cushman & Wakefield. Median asking rents in the 50...

Renting Beats Buying in Many California Cities

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 stagnant in recent years, weakening one of the strongest arguments for buying: appreciation. Meanwhile, the cost of homeownership keeps climbing as taxes and insurance grow more expensive, and mortgage rates hover around 6%. The calculations naturally vary from market to market. Now, a new report from Zumper shows which cities make the most financial sense for buyers and which ones are no-brainers for renters who are on the fence. The online real estate company looked at two main factors: the price-to-rent ratio, a market’s... Read more

A stronger-than-usual spring leasing season has given the U.S. single-family rental market a boost, although annual rent growth remained well below last...

Manhattan and Brooklyn rents have reached new highs as the cost of living continues to rise across New York City. A report from the Corcoran Group found that the...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani released the highly anticipated findings from his administration’s “Rental Ripoff” hearings on Thursday and laid out a list of ways that the...

In Nashville, Tenn., the landlords come to you. At least, it looked that way from the texts showing up on Mason Comans’ phone a few months ago when he was...