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KEY TAKEAWAYS US apartment occupancy reached 95.5% in May 2026, extending a five-month recovery that has lifted occupancy 90 basis points since year-end 2025. Rent growth continued nationwide, but elevated apartment supply kept downward pressure on pricing in several Sun Belt metros, including San Antonio, Austin, and Phoenix. Coastal tech markets and supply-constrained Midwest cities are increasingly driving apartment rent growth as new deliveries moderate across parts of the country. According to RealPage Market Analytics, the US apartment market continued its gradual recovery in May, posting a fifth consecutive month of gains in both occupancy and effective asking rents. Occupancy... Read more
A new renter majority is taking shape across the U.S., and it is forcing multifamily owners to rethink everything from site selection to amenity packages as...
KEY TAKEAWAYS The West became the most popular region for apartment hunters in Q1 2026, placing 11 cities in RentCafe’s top 30 renter demand rankings. Minneapolis...
Arbor Realty Trust’s latest Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, evaluates what’s driving this sector’s...
Key Takeaways Domestic renter mobility has dropped to a historic low of 21.6 percent, down from 26.7 percent in 2014, as more renters stay put to avoid higher costs...
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,...
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