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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 the multifamily market outlook. On the surface, leasing fundamentals look solid. Absorption is tracking above historical averages in many markets, and capital is flowing into the sector. But beneath those headline numbers, developers and operators are confronting a market that’s fundamentally different from what it was two years ago. The sector is no longer chasing growth in the same ways it did two years ago. Instead, operators are recalibrating their strategies around tighter margins, consolidated geographies, and... Read more
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...
Multifamily owners heading into prime leasing season are not getting the cycle they wanted. They are, however, getting the one they need. Robust apartment demand is...
Luxury experience. Five-star service. Hospitality. But can we be honest for a second? You cannot expect a five-star resident experience from a team that feels...
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...
While apartment vacancies have been rising overall and rents consequently softening, there have been some signs of improvement, according to Caitlin Sugrue Walter, Ph.D. Speaking during the National Association of Real Estate Editors 60th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference, which took place in Miami, the senior vice president & head of research and innovation at the National Multifamily Housing Council noted a decline in her organization’s Market Tightness Index, which tracks market variation on a quarterly basis. The number of markets tighter than three months prior, with low vacancies and high rent increases, was up to 23 percent in April, up from 7 percent in January and 9... Read more
The Co-Star U.S. Multifamily Momentum Index highlights those markets where apartment conditions are improving most quickly as supply pressures ease and demand...
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...
I bought my first apartment building after years of flipping single family houses, and the day I closed it I realized I had been working twice as hard for half the...
Key Takeaways On-time payments came in at 83.8% in June, little changed from May’s revised estimate of 83.9%, suggesting that the recent recovery in rent...
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