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KEY TAKEAWAYS Apartment List put the August 2026 national median rent at $1,390, just $5 below its pre-pandemic trend projection. National rent growth since 2020 has averaged about 2.5% annually after the pandemic surge and later declines offset each other. Buffalo sits far above trend while Austin remains below it, showing how much national rent data can mask local conditions. Apartment List says the national median rent has almost fully returned to its pre-pandemic growth path. Its analysis of long-run rent trends compares current rents with a steady historical baseline. The August 2026 median was $1,390. Apartment List’s steady 2.5% growth path implied $1,395 for the same month.... Read more
Renting remained less expensive than buying in every major U.S. metropolitan area in August, preserving a significant affordability advantage for rental housing...
Sky-high rental costs across the U.S. are swallowing up a large share of Americans’ paychecks in cities, as a stubborn supply shortage keeps prices...
Key Takeaways On-time payments increased to 83.2% in September, extending the rebound from the summer trough. Year-over-year collections increased 91 basis...
The Milwaukee apartment reeked of cat urine. Empty pizza boxes rose waist-high from the floor. And in a bedroom, tucked behind the door and covered in dust, hung a...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Average US apartment size rose by 13 SF in 2025, reaching 910 SF nationwide, per RentCafe/Yardi Matrix data. Southern cities, especially Tallahassee, Gainesville, and Fort Myers, offer the largest new apartments, while Seattle and Portland are home to the smallest units. Developers are designing larger floor plans, signaling continued demand for more space and regional divides in apartment sizing. Southern Markets Set the Pace for Apartment Growth Apartment floor plans nationwide are expanding after a decade of shrinkage, with RentCafe reporting that the average new unit in the US reached 910 SF in 2025—a 13 SF gain from 2024. This growth is not evenly distributed:... Read more
Multifamily advertised rents saw slight growth in August, rising $2 to $1,173, according to Yardi Matrix’s latest report. Year-over-year growth accelerated to 0.4%,...
Key Takeaways On-time payments increased to 83.2% in August, reversing some of the summer softness recorded in recent months Year-over-year, on-time collections...
U.S. advertised asking rents increased $2 in August to $1,773, marking an annual improvement of 0.4 percent, 20 basis points above the 2025 figure, according to Yardi...
For the second consecutive year, McKinney, Texas, has been named the best city for renters by RentCafe. In addition to McKinney, Southern cities dominated the 2026...
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