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KEY TAKEAWAYS Apartment List put the August 2026 national median rent at $1,390, just $5 below its pre-pandemic trend projection. National rent growth since 2020 has averaged about 2.5% annually after the pandemic surge and later declines offset each other. Buffalo sits far above trend while Austin remains below it, showing how much national rent data can mask local conditions. Apartment List says the national median rent has almost fully returned to its pre-pandemic growth path. Its analysis of long-run rent trends compares current rents with a steady historical baseline. The August 2026 median was $1,390. Apartment List’s steady 2.5% growth path implied $1,395 for the same month.... Read more
For the second consecutive year, McKinney, Texas, has been named the best city for renters by RentCafe. In addition to McKinney, Southern cities dominated the 2026...
Apartment deal volume softened in July, but the more useful signal for investors may be emerging beneath the month’s thin transaction data: garden-style assets...
If you’re hoping for larger floor plans, the good news is that apartment sizes have increased in 2025 compared to the previous year. More precisely, floor plans...
Resident feedback has always been valuable, but the way prospective renters engage with it and interpret it is changing rapidly. Today’s renters are savvy...
Every lease starts as a bet between strangers. The landlord bets that the person on the other side of the application is who they claim to be and earns what they claim to earn. The renter bets that the apartment in the photos exists and that whoever is collecting the deposit actually owns the place. For most of the last century, that bet got settled face to face. You met the landlord, you walked the unit, and somebody looked you in the eye and made a judgment call. Then the process moved online, and the eye contact went away. Applications became uploads. Tours became video walkthroughs. Approvals became a decision made by someone three time zones away who has never stood in the... Read more
Passing on rising property insurance costs in multifamily is getting harder, and the burden is shifting from renters to owners as new supply, rent concessions and...
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Apartments.com RentPulse Index shows the first quarter since 2021 where lease-ups outpace new apartment supply, with vacancy rates stabilizing and...
Naming gets all the attention. The workshop, the shortlist, the debate over the finalists, the reveal. It feels like the moment the brand is born. It is not. A name is...
Value-add apartment investors are entering a new phase in which future returns will depend far more on property-level performance than on market-driven valuation...
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