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Chandan’s Economic April data shows the independent rental market starting to stabilize. On-time rent payments increased to 84.5%, marking the sixth gain in the past seven months. Full payment rates reached 97.2%, the strongest level since May 2025. That’s the improvement. Here’s the part that matters. On-time payments are still down 119 basis points year over year, and late payments remain elevated in the 12% to 13% range, well above historical norms. In practice, landlords are getting paid. Just not on time. That timing gap creates real pressure. Debt service, taxes, insurance, and operating expenses are fixed. Cash flow is not. For smaller operators especially, that... Read more
Seattle renters looking for a three-bedroom house with a yard are finding out the hard way that the classic family rental is quietly disappearing. What used to be a...
For almost all of human history, the word “exodus” has represented a mass departure or emigration of a large group of people from a specific location at the same...
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...
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 1.2% in Downtown in the first three months of this year, according to a Colliers report. “We’ve had to lower our rents and sort of chase the market down to fill up our buildings,” G.H. Palmer Associates Senior Vice President of Development Darrel Malamut told attendees at Bisnow’s Downtown Los Angeles CRE Summit at the Aon Center in Downtown. There’s a heavy use of concessions throughout the market, AvalonBay Senior Vice President of Development Mark Janda said. He pointed to perceptions that the... Read more
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...
Household formation is slowing sharply even as job growth holds up, undercutting apartment absorption and reinforcing structural constraints that federal housing...
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