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The amenity arms race in multifamily has been well documented. Resort-style pools, coworking lounges, fitness centers with Pelotons, package lockers, pet spas, the list of features that operators have added to stay competitive has grown considerably over the past decade. What has been slower to catch up is the invisible infrastructure that increasingly determines whether all of those amenities actually deliver on their promise. Digital connectivity has moved from a background utility to a core component of the resident experience, and the expectations attached to it are changing faster than most operators’ infrastructure is keeping pace. “Expectations are changing about what a good... Read more
Let’s talk about the phone. With all the new AI assistants, chatbots, and automated answering strategies, it’s easy to think the traditional phone call is a...
Love for pets is at an all-time high and only continues to increase. The American Pet Products Association indicates that 71% of U.S. households own a pet, while...
Two apartment communities can offer nearly identical floor plans, pricing, and amenities, yet one consistently attracts stronger prospects, leases faster, and builds...
The multifamily market heading into the second half of 2026 presents a peculiar mixture of strength and strain, according to the data presented in a recent webinar on...
Notable Trends One-bedrooms turn the corner: the median national one-bedroom rent rose 0.5% month-over-month to $1,526, and is now up 0.4% year-over-year, the first positive annual reading since May 2025. Two-bedrooms rose 0.1% month-over-month to $1,905, and sit just 0.3% below a year ago. San Francisco keeps rewriting its own record book: one and two-bedroom rents climbed to fresh highs of $4,060 and $5,700, and the city continues to lead the nation in annual rent growth at around 22% for both beds. The Bay Area boom is spreading: Oakland one-bedroom rent is up 6.2% annually, and San Jose up 2.6%, both lifted by the same demand pulling up San Francisco. Arizona rents remain soft:... Read more
When Avara Miami Beach broke ground, its developers were not just building a high-end rental complex—they were wagering on a new demographic of affluent nomads who...
Multifamily property owners are battling rising vacancy rates. According to the AppFolio 2026 Renter Preferences Report, 55% of property managers say that vacancy...
Each quarter, RentCafe utilizes its search data find out where in the U.S. apartments are being hunted the most by prospective renters. This summer season, the West...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US average apartment rents rose 0.1% in June, with San Francisco leading among major metro areas at 0.7% monthly growth. The national average rent...
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