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Despite a recent softening in rents for new leases and a cooling construction pipeline, rental housing in the US remains unaffordable for households across the income spectrum, according to America’s Rental Housing 2026, a new report released today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. After record rent increases during the pandemic, national rent growth hovered near zero from mid-2023 into 2025. By the fourth quarter of 2025, asking rents for professionally managed apartments declined 0.6 percent year over year, with the majority of large markets seeing either small declines or only modest growth. Vacancy rates ticked up to 5.2 percent, matching their level a... Read more
When apartment marketers recognize a community is struggling to generate leads and leases, increasing spending on digital advertisements to drive more traffic is often...
U.S. multifamily performance in 2025 showed steady demand and an elevated volume of new supply. Total absorption reached 519,000 units, but leasing momentum weakened in...
We are currently at a major inflection point where the easy growth of the early 2020s has been replaced by a much more technical, disciplined market. Here is why those...
If your rental property is not renting and has been sitting vacant longer than expected, the issue is usually not a lack of renters. More often, pricing, listing...
In February 2026, multifamily rent prices remained flat as the average U.S. advertised rent stagnated at $1,740, according to the Yardi Matrix Multifamily National Report. Year-over-year growth fell 10 basis points to 0.1% as well. “While February is typically a slower month, there are longer-term issues of concern,” the report states. For one, rent prices have been “essentially unchanged” for the past 18 months. Occupancy rates are negative year-over-year in the majority of the top 30 Matrix markets as well. Additionally, population growth—a “key element” of multifamily demand—is slowing in the U.S. due to immigration policy and declining... Read more
FIFA World Cup organizers expect more than 150,000 extra visitors to flood the Los Angeles area during eight World Cup games this summer, and all of them are going to...
Many of us use or work with rental housing in some way. Maybe you have been — or are currently — a renter. Or maybe you own a rental property, operate a property...
The rental market is starting 2026 the same way it ended 2025: soft, but with one encouraging sign underneath the numbers. Year-over-year rent growth sits at -1.4%, the...
Property owners and managers invest millions in renovations every year—gut rehabs, new amenities, completely refreshed interiors. And for many communities, those...
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