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Multifamily operators are embracing AI quickly, but integration problems are still doing more to slow adoption than ROI concerns or staff training gaps. Leasing has become the clearest first target for AI because it sits directly at the intersection of revenue, repetitive work, and resident experience. The confidence gap between property managers and executives on fraud prevention suggests application fraud may look manageable at the property level but more troubling across full portfolios. The multifamily market has rarely been simple to navigate, but the current moment presents operators with a particularly complicated set of pressures all arriving at the same time. Years of... Read more
KEY TAKEAWAYS Rental competition cooled slightly nationwide but rose sharply in Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco. Chicago posted the nation’s largest RCI jump,...
Renters have the upper hand in Downtown Los Angeles, with sluggish apartment rent growth motivating landlords to offer concessions and even lower rents. Rents fell...
Los Angeles landlord Michael Renkow already had a sinking feeling when one of the new tenants at his Hollywood apartment building, “Igor,” was two hours late to pick...
While many renters are still on the path to homeownership, the American dream is evolving and households are adapting their aspirations with today’s financial...
KEY TAKEAWAYS National multifamily rent growth slowed to 1.0% year-over-year in March. Monthly momentum turned negative for the first time since June 2023. Performance remains mixed, with Sun Belt metros lagging and Midwest/Northeast leading. More markets posted monthly rent gains in March, signaling some stabilization. National Trends Signal Softening According to Chandan Economics, multifamily rent growth in the US eased further in March 2026, with annual gains dropping to 1.0%—their lowest level since 2021. The pace continued to decline from 1.2% in February and 1.4% in January, marking an ongoing shift to calmer rental market conditions after marked post-pandemic gains. Monthly... Read more
Household formation is slowing sharply even as job growth holds up, undercutting apartment absorption and reinforcing structural constraints that federal housing...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Class B apartments are outperforming both Class A and Class C segments due to stable demand and lower risk exposure. Class B assets benefit from strong...
It’s safe to say that AI is no longer just a futuristic concept or a fleeting tech bubble. Beyond all the hype and debate, artificial intelligence has gone from a...
Residents satisfied with their move-in are 31% more likely to renew their leases. AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF), the technology leader powering the future of the real estate...
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