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KEY TAKEAWAYS Sun Belt metros including Austin, Fort Myers, and Phoenix are seeing declining rents and aggressive concessions as new apartment supply outpaces demand. Coastal and Northeast markets such as San Francisco, New York, and parts of Virginia are posting some of the nation’s fastest rent increases amid tighter inventory. The growing divide between oversupplied and undersupplied apartment markets is reshaping leasing strategies for renters, owners, and multifamily investors nationwide. The US apartment market is splitting into two distinct stories this spring. In supply-heavy Sun Belt metros, renters are gaining leverage through lower effective rents and generous concessions,... Read more
Multifamily marketing is undergoing a fundamental transformation, prioritizing the raw and real over the polished and professional. The latest SatisFacts Online Renter...
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,...
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 1.2% in Downtown in the first three months of this year, according to a Colliers report. “We’ve had to lower our rents and sort of chase the market down to fill up our buildings,” G.H. Palmer Associates Senior Vice President of Development Darrel Malamut told attendees at Bisnow’s Downtown Los Angeles CRE Summit at the Aon Center in Downtown. There’s a heavy use of concessions throughout the market, AvalonBay Senior Vice President of Development Mark Janda said. He pointed to perceptions that the... Read more
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...
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...
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