Property Management News
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 – is a lasting feature of business life. A new study by Chandan Economics argues that the implications extend well beyond workplace strategy, showing that remote work has materially changed rental affordability and the composition of renter households. Chandan Economics finds that renters who work from home tend to earn more and, as a result, face lower median rent burdens than renters who commute to a physical workplace, even though the remote cohort typically pays higher monthly rents. Rent burden in the study is... Read more
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...
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...
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 median rent for market-rate residential buildings in Manhattan reached $5,295 per month at the start of summer, up 3 percent since May and 8 percent year over year. Across the East River, Brooklyn’s median rent for market-rate units reached $4,350 last month, an 8 percent annual increase. The continued surge reflects the city’s limited housing inventory, with Manhattan’s already-tight vacancy rate falling from 1.57 percent in May to 1.49 percent in June. “Manhattan renters are chasing a shrinking pool of available... Read more
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...
The first full day at the National Apartment Association’s 2026 Apartmentalize conference highlighted a familiar tension for owners and operators. Demand is still...
In a reversal of migration trends over the past 25 years, Americans are beginning to move away from areas where the high risk of extreme weather events is pushing up...
Accessibility