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KEY TAKEAWAYS Apartment concessions rose to 16.9% of stabilized units in March 2026, the highest since 2014. Class C apartments led with a 21.5% concession rate, significantly above Class A and B. The South and West regions saw the highest concession usage, especially major Texas metro areas. Average discounts reached 10.8%, translating to nearly six weeks free on a 12‑month lease. Concession Uptick Persists Apartment concessions continued to rise this spring. In March 2026, 16.9% of stabilized US units offered concessions, according to RealPage Market Analytics. This represents a 5.1-point increase year over year. It also marks the highest average level since the mid-2010s.... Read more
Seattle renters looking for a three-bedroom house with a yard are finding out the hard way that the classic family rental is quietly disappearing. What used to be a...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Rental competition cooled slightly nationwide but rose sharply in Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco. Chicago posted the nation’s largest RCI jump,...
Renters have the upper hand in Downtown Los Angeles, with sluggish apartment rent growth motivating landlords to offer concessions and even lower rents. Rents fell...
KEY TAKEAWAYS National multifamily rent growth slowed to 1.0% year-over-year in March. Monthly momentum turned negative for the first time since June 2023. Performance...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US apartment occupancy climbed to 95.2% in April 2026, marking four straight months of improvement after bottoming out at the end of 2025. Sun Belt markets including Austin, Denver, Phoenix, and Charlotte continued to post steep annual rent cuts as new supply outpaced absorption. Coastal tech hubs such as San Francisco and San Jose led national rent growth, signaling a widening divide between supply-heavy Sun Belt metros and constrained coastal markets. The US apartment market posted another month of incremental improvement in April, with occupancy returning above the 95% threshold for the first time since late 2025. According to RealPage Market Analytics, occupancy... Read more
KEY TAKEAWAYS On-time payments rose to 84.5% in April 2026, sixth monthly gain in seven months. Annual declines persist but are easing; on-time collections are 119 bps...
Multifamily is competitive, and operators are under constant pressure to maintain strong occupancy and online reputations. Star ratings, review counts, and rankings have...
I have to start by giving credit where it’s due. My friend Lisa Trosien has been on a tear lately on LinkedIn—calling out something our industry needs to...
Each quarter, RentCafe releases its Rental Competitiveness Report to share how markets are comparing against one another for apartment hunters nation-wide. As of...
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