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The rental market is starting 2026 the same way it ended 2025: soft, but with one encouraging sign underneath the numbers. Year-over-year rent growth sits at -1.4%, the national vacancy rate has hit a new high of 7.3%, and median list-to-lease time has stretched to 41 days. At the same time, renter urgency is ticking up for the first time in over three years. The slow conditions that defined 2025 have followed the market into the new year. Rents dipped again in January, empty units hit a record high, and it’s taking longer than ever, 41 days on average, to go from listing a vacant apartment to signing a lease. Things haven’t turned around yet. But there’s one number worth... Read more
Property owners and managers invest millions in renovations every year—gut rehabs, new amenities, completely refreshed interiors. And for many communities, those...
Across the United States, the gap between the cheapest and most expensive cities in a single state has become a defining feature of the rental landscape, not an...
Apartment amenities lists keep getting longer. Fitness centers get bigger. Lounges get prettier. Pet spas get more polished. But when you listen to residents—really...
As multifamily heads into 2026, the industry is shifting from experimentation to execution. After several years of layering new tools and testing AI-driven solutions,...
The deal is perfect. The numbers work. But the bank just said no. In today’s market, high interest rates and rigid LTVs are killing more multifamily deals than ever, leaving ambitious investors on the sidelines while the pros are still scaling. Their secret? They’ve stopped relying on traditional debt and have mastered the art of creative financing for apartment buildings. This is the ultimate leverage-the strategy that closes the ‘valuation gap’ and unlocks opportunities that others are forced to abandon. This is your 2026 investor’s playbook. We’re pulling back the curtain on the advanced capital structures you need to acquire larger assets with less of your... Read more
The “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) concept is considered relatively new. But according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, BNPL is an overhaul and rebrand of...
TikTok and other social platforms are making it dramatically easier for fraudsters to learn, buy, and scale rental application fraud, and operators who rely on manual...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US multifamily rent growth slowed to 1.4% year-over-year in January 2026, down from 1.6% in December. 67.6% of US metros saw monthly rent increases, while...
Even New York City’s affordable housing is getting too expensive for many low-income tenants, leading to a spike in eviction filings, a new report...
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