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A stronger-than-usual spring leasing season has given the U.S. single-family rental market a boost, although annual rent growth remained well below last year’s pace, according to Cotality’s latest Single-Family Rent Index. National single-family rents increased 1.3% year-over-year in May, down from the 2.6% annual growth recorded in May 2025. Looking only at the spring leasing season, however, rents rose 2.2% between February and May, topping gains of 1.9% during the same period last year and 1.4% in 2024. “The May data tells two different stories,” Molly Boesel, senior principal economist at Cotality, said in the report. Annual rent growth remained... Read more
In Nashville, Tenn., the landlords come to you. At least, it looked that way from the texts showing up on Mason Comans’ phone a few months ago when he was...
Smart apartment owners and operators are pouring money into marketing, but too often they are chasing noise instead of net operating income. At this year’s...
It’s as close as you can get to living in the clubhouse,” says Nicholle Soendker, director of residential marketing for Cordish Living, which developed several...
Apartment amenities have long been treated as an arms race—flashier, trendier and more eye-catching than the competition. But that approach is starting to look...
Walk through any high-supply apartment market today, and the landscape looks remarkably identical. Banners draped over construction fences, bold text on ILS listings, and website pop-ups all scream the same phrase: One Month Free. According to recent data from Zillow, apartment concessions have hit an all-time high, with over 37% of active U.S. rental listings offering some form of incentive. In heavily supplied submarkets like Denver, Charlotte, and Austin, that number skyrockets past 60%. RealPage historical tracking reveals that stabilized properties are averaging five weeks of free rent — the highest concession baseline seen since the Great Financial Crisis. Herein lies the trap:... Read more
Midway through 2026, multifamily is “muddling along,” a condition likely to persist through the rest of the year, Yardi Matrix says in their mid-year report for...
Considering that approximately 70% of U.S. households own a pet and that 97% of pet owners consider them family, you’d think the rental housing industry would do...
Zillow’s latest ranking of top markets for new college graduates points to a quiet but meaningful shift in the apartment business: landlords in many Sunbelt...
Most multifamily amenity naming follows a pretty predictable formula. The rooftop is called “The Rooftop.” The fitness center is called “The Fitness...
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