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A new Yardi Matrix analysis documents the impact of debt collection success on key aspects of affordable housing providers’ operating performance as local policies become a larger component of the market’s operating performance in rent collection. “Affordable property operators say the payment rate worsened in recent years after the expiration of eviction bans that were implemented during the Covid-19 lockdowns. In some cases, tenants got used to not paying rent, either because they could not or did not want to pay,” the report says. The responsiveness of the judicial system is another major factor. Collections tend to be lower in jurisdictions in which it takes months or years... Read more
KEY TAKEAWAYS On-time rental payments in non-institutional US units edged down to 83.2% in July 2026, marking a typical seasonal dip but holding above July 2025’s...
The tenant screening market is competitive with numerous tenant screeners (aka consumer reporting agencies or CRAs) battling for business from property managers and...
KEY TAKEAWAYS San Francisco multifamily rents jumped 8.4% year-over-year, outpacing all other major US metros per Apartments.com. High AI-driven job creation, sub-300...
More tenants living in New York City’s least expensive housing units aren’t paying their rent — a trend that risks further destabilizing the city’s...
Chandan’s Economic April data shows the independent rental market starting to stabilize. On-time rent payments increased to 84.5%, marking the sixth gain in the past seven months. Full payment rates reached 97.2%, the strongest level since May 2025. That’s the improvement. Here’s the part that matters. On-time payments are still down 119 basis points year over year, and late payments remain elevated in the 12% to 13% range, well above historical norms. In practice, landlords are getting paid. Just not on time. That timing gap creates real pressure. Debt service, taxes, insurance, and operating expenses are fixed. Cash flow is not. For smaller operators especially, that... Read more
The “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) concept is considered relatively new. But according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, BNPL is an overhaul and rebrand of...
Renting property always carries some level of risk. Even tenants who appear financially stable and responsible can present challenges when it comes to paying rent on...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Student loan delinquencies among renters more than doubled between January and May 2025, jumping from 14.5% to 31.4%, according to TransUnion. Millions of...
A new survey shows that multifamily landlords are increasingly worried about late payments from their tenants, a result that isn’t overly surprising as rising costs on...
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