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CoStar and Apartments.com have released the latest update on U.S. multifamily vacancy trends, showing improving market conditions as apartment demand continues to absorb the recent wave of new supply. The national apartment vacancy rate declined to 8.2% in the second quarter of 2026, down 26 basis points from the prior quarter and 14 basis points from one year earlier. The improvement reflects stronger renter demand and a moderation in apartment deliveries as the industry’s construction pipeline continues to shrink. U.S. apartment absorption totaled approximately 164,000 units during the second quarter, a 13% increase from one year ago. At the same time, apartment deliveries fell to... Read more
KEY TAKEAWAYS US renter mobility has dropped, with only 37% expecting to move in three years—down from 57% in 2014, per New York Fed data. Mortgage affordability...
What Happened: Consumer prices rose 0.1% in July and rose 3.4% year-over-year, according to data released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both figures...
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...
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 in more than 25 years, per RealPage Market Analytics. Elevated concessions signal lingering supply-demand imbalances and competitive pressure across all product classes. Pandemic-Era Discounts Stick Around The US apartment market’s pandemic-era trend of elevated lease concessions is showing little sign of abating as peak leasing season ramps up, according to RealPage Market Analytics. Concerns about oversupply and competitive lease-up activity are keeping operators reliant on discounts. June 2026 saw concession... Read more
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...
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...
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