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Single-family rental (SFR) rent growth accelerated in the Northeast and Midwest, home to eight of 10 leading markets in the first half of 2026. Buffalo, NY, outpaced all 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, posting 3.6% rent growth. In June, 456 of the 602 tracked markets had monthly rent increases, the highest level of 2026. Single-family rental (SFR) conditions strengthened during the first half of 2026, with rents rising across all 50 of the nation’s largest metros between December 2025 and June 2026. Growth was broad-based but uneven, with many Northeast and Midwest markets outperforming major Sun Belt metros (Chart 1). Top Markets for SFR Rent Growth For this analysis, the... Read more
Apartments.com, an industry-leading online marketplace of CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), published its latest report on multifamily rent trends for July 2026. U.S....
KEY TAKEAWAYS Over 16% of US stabilized apartments offered concessions in June 2026, near post-2014 highs. The average concession discount jumped to 11.1%, the deepest...
Multifamily operators are quietly rethinking what amenities are for, and the math is starting to look very different. For years, the amenity playbook in multifamily was...
Many renters will continue to see more affordable rentals on the market through 2026, though that depends entirely on where you live—and whether a lot...
San Francisco’s apartment vacancy has now fallen to a 20-year low, as a scarce amount of product breaks ground and demand remains high. According to data from CoStar, the market’s vacancy rate stands at just 3.8% while asking rents shot up 11% year-over-year in June, reflecting one of the strongest apartment recoveries among major US markets. In fact, San Francisco’s market rents now sit more than double the national average of $1,800, clocking in at $3,690 per month in June, up 1.8% from May rents, according to CoStar. This has led to San Francisco regaining its position as the nation’s most expensive apartment market, a position New York has... Read more
KEY POINTS The number of homes owned by institutional investors listed for sale is more than double what it was at the start of February, according to an analysis from...
Southern California’s rental market is costlier to the south, but landlords have more pricing power to the north. That’s a theme within my trusty spreadsheet‘s...
Apartment market conditions tightened while debt and equity financing dynamics worsened over the past three months, according to a new survey from the National...
The typical U.S. asking rent rose to $1,965 in June, up 2.2% annually, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index. 39.7% of rentals on Zillow offered a concession in...
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