Property Management News
While apartment vacancies have been rising overall and rents consequently softening, there have been some signs of improvement, according to Caitlin Sugrue Walter, Ph.D. Speaking during the National Association of Real Estate Editors 60th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference, which took place in Miami, the senior vice president & head of research and innovation at the National Multifamily Housing Council noted a decline in her organization’s Market Tightness Index, which tracks market variation on a quarterly basis. The number of markets tighter than three months prior, with low vacancies and high rent increases, was up to 23 percent in April, up from 7 percent in January and 9... Read more
The Co-Star U.S. Multifamily Momentum Index highlights those markets where apartment conditions are improving most quickly as supply pressures ease and demand...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US average apartment rents rose 0.1% in June, with San Francisco leading among major metro areas at 0.7% monthly growth. The national average rent...
Key Takeaways On-time payments came in at 83.8% in June, little changed from May’s revised estimate of 83.9%, suggesting that the recent recovery in rent...
Tenants at apartment complexes operated by Greystar, the largest owner and manager of apartments in the US, don’t just pay rent. They pay a mass of fees that many...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US apartment occupancy reached 95.5% in May 2026, extending a five-month recovery that has lifted occupancy 90 basis points since year-end 2025. Rent growth continued nationwide, but elevated apartment supply kept downward pressure on pricing in several Sun Belt metros, including San Antonio, Austin, and Phoenix. Coastal tech markets and supply-constrained Midwest cities are increasingly driving apartment rent growth as new deliveries moderate across parts of the country. According to RealPage Market Analytics, the US apartment market continued its gradual recovery in May, posting a fifth consecutive month of gains in both occupancy and effective asking rents. Occupancy... Read more
Key Takeaways On-time payments came in at 83.8% in June, little changed from May’s revised estimate of 83.9%, suggesting that the recent recovery in rent...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani barreled into City Hall vowing to tackle the city’s notoriously high cost of living, partly by fulfilling a campaign promise...
The supply-and-demand setup in the Chicago metro is as good as it has been in a decade, says Galen Faurot-Pigeon, industry principal, multifamily, for Real Estate...
A new renter majority is taking shape across the U.S., and it is forcing multifamily owners to rethink everything from site selection to amenity packages as...
Accessibility