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Silent stress is building in the multifamily market and you’d be hard‑pressed to see it in the usual numbers. On paper, rents look solid and buildings are full. Yet a recent post from Colliers points to a different story playing out behind the scenes, where effective rents are slipping, refinancing is getting tougher and more assets are quietly making their way onto lender watchlists even as headline metrics suggest everything is fine. The pressure is coming from a familiar combination: heavier concessions, thinner cash flows and capital stacks that were built on a much stronger post‑pandemic rent narrative than the market has actually delivered. Colliers describes a... Read more
The tech market is driving interest in the Bay Area. Multifamily vacancy as a whole in the region dropped by 80 basis points to just 3.4 percent, according to a new...
The gaps in website accessibility for people with disabilities and other underserved groups continues to be exposed. With one in four American adults disabled, digital...
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There is a particular irony in the current state of the multifamily industry. The same technological forces that have made property management faster, more scalable, and...
The multifamily market of 2026 is a renter’s market in ways that are putting real pressure on operators. National vacancy rates have climbed to modern peaks, driven by years of aggressive construction in high-growth markets. Rent growth has remained subdued. And the share of renters planning to move in the next twelve months has risen to 39%, up from 35% just a year ago. In that environment, the economics of retention have never been clearer. Every resident who renews is a leasing cost avoided, a vacancy avoided, and a unit that doesn’t sit idle while the market finds its footing. The question most operators are asking is how to drive retention in a market where residents have... Read more
Using Zillow Observed Rent Index data, this analysis compares average rent levels in the New York City metro area with the US average, tracking the percentage premium...
Household formation is slowing sharply even as job growth holds up, undercutting apartment absorption and reinforcing structural constraints that federal housing...
Renters are getting a bit of relief as landlords offer more concessions — like free rent or waived fees — to fill units in a cooling market. Rent growth has slowed...
Pet-friendliness is one of the ultimate differentiators at rental communities, and the difference is obvious the moment you walk a truly pet-inclusive property....
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