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Many of us use or work with rental housing in some way. Maybe you have been — or are currently — a renter. Or maybe you own a rental property, operate a property management company, or otherwise work with or around rental housing. If any of that applies to you, the FTC wants to hear from you. The FTC is asking for public comments about whether a rule is needed to help prevent unfair or deceptive fee practices in rental housing. Have you ever had to pay an unexpected fee as a renter that wasn’t in the advertised rent? If you work in the rental housing industry, do you have experiences, information, or data to share about if or how a rule might make pricing more transparent, or... Read more
The rental market is starting 2026 the same way it ended 2025: soft, but with one encouraging sign underneath the numbers. Year-over-year rent growth sits at -1.4%, the...
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...
As multifamily heads into 2026, the industry is shifting from experimentation to execution. After several years of layering new tools and testing AI-driven solutions,...
TikTok and other social platforms are making it dramatically easier for fraudsters to learn, buy, and scale rental application fraud, and operators who rely on manual...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US multifamily rent growth slowed to 1.4% year-over-year in January 2026, down from 1.6% in December. 67.6% of US metros saw monthly rent increases, while 86.8% posted positive annual rent growth. Midwest and select coastal metros showed strongest rent gains; parts of Florida and Texas remained weak. Baton Rouge, Winston, and Little Rock led monthly rent gains; North Port and Tampa were among the weakest. National Trends Show Slower Growth Multifamily rent growth continued to moderate across the US in January 2026, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index. National rents rose 1.4% year-over-year—a further slowdown from previous months. Chandan Economics reports that... 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...
Midwest apartment markets are outperforming the Sun Belt in 2026, with steady rent gains and limited new supply. Cities like Cincinnati and Minneapolis benefit from...
Notable Trends Zumper’s National Rent Index shows annual rents remain in decline, but the pace of cooling has slowed for a second straight month, suggesting that...
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