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By Property Management Law Solutions A Florida property manager may be days away from recovering possession when an unexpected notice arrives: the tenant has filed for bankruptcy. At that point, the eviction does not necessarily end. But the rules can change immediately. Federal bankruptcy law can temporarily stop an eviction, prevent collection of past-due rent, and limit what the landlord can do next. Whether the case can move forward depends largely on when the bankruptcy was filed and how far the eviction had already progressed. “The biggest mistake is assuming bankruptcy either ends the eviction or changes nothing,” said Tim Baldwin, managing attorney at Property Management Law... Read more
A new Yardi Matrix analysis documents the impact of debt collection success on key aspects of affordable housing providers’ operating performance as local policies...
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 affordable housing market. The uptick in rental delinquency isn’t new. It started six years ago, when the pandemic flung the city’s economy into chaos and plunged low-income New Yorkers into dire financial straits. But even as the city has rebounded, rent collection rates in affordable housing remain short of pre-pandemic levels. As costs balloon, landlords say insufficient rental income is threatening their ability to stay afloat. The issue has confounded owners and operators of these buildings, many of them nonprofits, which... Read more
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...
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...
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