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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...
Most investors are sitting on the sidelines right now. Retail money pulled back. Mom-and-pop investors down 6% late last year. Condo investors down 13%. Professional operators say the same thing: “Capital’s impossible to raise.” Everyone’s waiting for headlines to turn positive again. That’s exactly when they’ll miss the window. THE INVESTOR PSYCHOLOGY TRAP Retail Investors Buy After The Rally (Not Before) Here’s what decades of research shows: Stock market case study (Dalbar study, 20-year tracking): S&P 500 averaged 8.2% annual returns. Average retail investor in S&P 500 fund earned 2.1%. Why the gap? Retail investors... Read more
After years of debate about the future of the office, many employers now appear to have accepted that working from home – often in some hybrid configuration –...
KEY TAKEAWAYS On-time rental payments in non-institutional US units edged down to 83.2% in July 2026, marking a typical seasonal dip but holding above July 2025’s...
Midway through 2026, the multifamily industry appears to be holding steady. By many accounts, fundamentals are weathering uncertainties across the economy, job markets...
Tenants push for tougher rules against unfair add-on charges. Industry players argue against policies that they say could limit the ‘effective use of fees.’ Across...
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