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For apartment owners and operators, the next leasing prospect may never click through to a property website. Instead, an AI agent may scan the site, compare the community with competing options and present a renter with a recommendation before the prospect has spoken to a leasing agent. That shift is already changing the purpose of apartment marketing websites, according to Veronica Romney, general manager, and marketing suite at Realpage. Speaking last week at the company’s RealWorld conference in Denver, Romney said bot and AI-agent internet traffic has surpassed human traffic for the first time, with agentic search accounting for 57.5% of activity compared with 42.5% for... Read more
Findings reveal a clear divide in today’s resident base, separating renters into two distinct groups: those who rent out of necessity and those who rent by...
The Milwaukee apartment reeked of cat urine. Empty pizza boxes rose waist-high from the floor. And in a bedroom, tucked behind the door and covered in dust, hung a...
Multifamily owners are leaning harder than ever on rent and deposit concessions to protect occupancy in a tougher refinancing climate, but that strategy is quietly...
The multifamily industry is facing a number of headwinds such as high operating costs, increased vacancy and stagnant rent growth. Property managers are leveraging...
Key Takeaways On-time payments increased to 83.2% in August, reversing some of the summer softness recorded in recent months Year-over-year, on-time collections increased 85 basis points, the strongest annual improvement in over three years. The forecast full-payment rate rose to 95.7% in August, up 50 basis points from July Late-payment rates held at 12.1% in June after improving from early-2026 highs, consistent with normal seasonal patterns Multifamily drove much of the August rebound, with its on-time payment rate increasing to 82.5% The Bottom Line Upfront August’s rent collection data provide further evidence that performance across independently operated rental... Read more
U.S. advertised asking rents increased $2 in August to $1,773, marking an annual improvement of 0.4 percent, 20 basis points above the 2025 figure, according to Yardi...
Renting an apartment is a strange transaction. It is the biggest bill most renter households pay each month. Yet the deal itself gets struck in a hurry: a couple of...
Property managers wear enough hats already. The problem is that many teams still spend too much time on marketing tasks that are repetitive, specialized, or better...
The worst of the multifamily insurance shock may be easing, but apartment owners are not yet seeing the payoff in higher net operating income. That is the...
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