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If you own or manage rental property outside New York, it’s easy to assume the city’s broker-fee law has nothing to do with you. I think that’s a mistake. Real estate policies have a habit of spreading. What starts in one major market often becomes a model—or at least a talking point—for lawmakers elsewhere. New York just happened to go first, and that makes it an interesting case study. In June 2025, the city implemented the FARE Act, changing a rule that had shaped the rental market for decades. The basic idea is simple: whoever hires the broker pays the broker. Since landlords typically hire listing brokers, they’re generally responsible for the... Read more
If you’re looking to buy property that brings in a steady income, the answer in 2026 is to focus on markets that offer a strong rent-to-price ratio for immediate...
National Rent Growth Trends National multifamily rent growth accelerated again in July, with both annual and short-term measures reaching their strongest levels in...
After years of tight supply and elevated rent growth, many renters now have more options—and property managers are under more pressure to compete on experience,...
CoStar and Apartments.com have released the latest update on U.S. multifamily vacancy trends, showing improving market conditions as apartment demand continues to...
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. apartment rents were essentially flat in July, with the national average rising +0.03% to $1,747 from June’s upwardly revised level of $1,746. This marks the eighth consecutive month of positive rent increases following a period of flat to declining monthly performance in the second half of 2025. On an annual basis, rent growth accelerated to +1.0% in July 2026 from the upwardly revised +0.9% in June and was slightly down from the +1.1% reading recorded one year earlier. June 2026 was initially reported as a +0.1%... Read more
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...
Not every applicant is trying to game the system — but enough are doing it that multifamily operators have to treat fraud prevention as a core part of leasing. The...
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...
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