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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 real estate data provider Parcl Labs. That comes as new housing legislation bars institutional investors from buying any more homes unless they fall under certain exceptions, including build-to-rent. The largest landlords are all net sellers year to date, with 3,180 more homes sold than bought since Jan. 1. Newly enacted housing legislation that bans institutional investors from purchasing single-family rental homes has those same investors putting up more “for sale” signs. The number of homes owned by institutional... Read more
A new study shows that a 30-minute delay in responding to a tour request by leasing agents reduces renter engagement likelihood from 40% to just 10%. Renter...
National multifamily net absorption reached its fifth-highest quarterly total in nearly 25 years, even as median asking rents continued to decline. Net absorption across...
KEY TAKEAWAYS San Francisco rents grew 14% between March and July 2026 as AI sector hiring accelerates demand, per CoStar. Bidding wars, packed open houses, and scams...
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...
By Taylor Avakian, Principal Broker & Founder of The Group CRE A couple of years ago I toured a fourplex on one of the hill streets above Sunset, a few blocks up from Echo Park Lake. Built in 1926, stucco, original hardwood in three of the four units, a garage nobody had parked in since the Reagan administration. The seller had owned it since the early nineties. The rent roll was the kind that makes out-of-state buyers close the PDF and move on. Two tenants had been there over fifteen years. One of them was paying $1,140 for a one bedroom that would have leased for around $2,200 the same week if it had been empty. I’ve changed a few details, but that building is the one I think... Read more
KEY TAKEAWAYS US multifamily rents posted a 1.4% annual increase in June 2026, up from 1.2% the prior month, according to Zillow’s index. San Francisco led metros...
After several years of record apartment construction, the multifamily market is entering a new phase as slowing deliveries begin to restore landlords’ pricing...
National Rent Growth Trends National multifamily rent growth accelerated again in July, with both annual and short-term measures reaching their strongest levels in...
Renters can get an average of 703 square feet of apartment space nationwide for a $1,500 monthly budget, according to a new analysis from RentCafe. However, in nearly...
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