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National Rent Growth Trends Multifamily rent growth remained soft in April, though the latest data suggest that conditions are no longer broadly worsening. Annual rent growth appears to be leveling off at its slowest pace since early 2021, before post-pandemic rent growth accelerated, while short-term momentum improved modestly from March. National rents rose 1.0% year-over-year in April, roughly unchanged from 1.1% in March but down from 2.1% one year earlier. While annual rent growth remains subdued by historical standards, the pace of deceleration has slowed in recent months, suggesting that national conditions may be beginning to stabilize after an extended cooling... Read more
A wave of apartment construction over the past couple of years has reshaped much of the U.S. rental market, but not evenly. While Sun Belt metros absorbed a historic...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Sun Belt metros including Austin, Fort Myers, and Phoenix are seeing declining rents and aggressive concessions as new apartment supply outpaces...
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 go-to option for growing households has turned into a hunt through a shrinking, more expensive slice of the market, shaped by higher prices, pandemic churn and a pivot toward smaller units. According to The Seattle Times, Seattle’s supply of houses listed for rent dropped from roughly 25,350 in 2014 to about 22,450 in 2024, an 11 percent decline. At the same time, city auditor records show sales of registered single unit properties jumped from 517 in 2019 to 1,308 in 2021. Together, those shifts have thinned out the pool... Read more
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...
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