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KEY TAKEAWAYS US apartment occupancy reached 95.5% in May 2026, extending a five-month recovery that has lifted occupancy 90 basis points since year-end 2025. Rent growth continued nationwide, but elevated apartment supply kept downward pressure on pricing in several Sun Belt metros, including San Antonio, Austin, and Phoenix. Coastal tech markets and supply-constrained Midwest cities are increasingly driving apartment rent growth as new deliveries moderate across parts of the country. According to RealPage Market Analytics, the US apartment market continued its gradual recovery in May, posting a fifth consecutive month of gains in both occupancy and effective asking rents. Occupancy... Read more
A new renter majority is taking shape across the U.S., and it is forcing multifamily owners to rethink everything from site selection to amenity packages as...
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...
KEY TAKEAWAYS The West became the most popular region for apartment hunters in Q1 2026, placing 11 cities in RentCafe’s top 30 renter demand rankings. Minneapolis...
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...
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 market report from CBRE. But specifically, the numbers were even more eye-opening in San Francisco alone, with vacancy in the city dropping to 2.9 percent. This is the lowest level that San Francisco’s multifamily sector has seen since 2001. Rent growth in the Bay Area was 5.4 percent, which outpaced the fourth quarter’s 4.3 percent. Rents in the first quarter were particularly strong in the San Francisco/SF Peninsula region, which enjoyed a $222 boost from the previous three months. Moreover, supply and... Read more
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...
Online reputation is not meant to only be a game or contest; it is also supposed to be meaningful data that promotes better operational decision making. When used...
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...
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