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Seven in 10 rental ads on TikTok are likely scams, according to a new study from CNC Intelligence. The digital forensics firm analyzed 3,141 rental listings on the social media platform across 16 cities in August and found 2,136 that had scam warning signs. The listings were checked against local rent benchmarks, property records, and the phone numbers advertised in the videos. Those that had strong or multiple warning signs were marked as suspicious. “Real estate is a popular avenue for scammers because moving is stressful. People can often find themselves with very little time, on a tight budget, and they’re worried about nowhere to live,” says Matthew Stern, CEO of CNC... Read more
You don’t need to live where you invest. But you do need to think differently about where you invest. Out-of-state investing used to mean finding cheap...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Chicago ranked as the most competitive large US rental market with a 91.8 score and about 17 prospective renters per vacancy. National rental competition...
The problem nobody’s actually solving Here’s the strange thing about 2026: staffing pressure has eased almost everywhere except the one place it hurts most....
When a rental unit is left empty, there are several things that need to be done immediately. This is true whether the lease has been terminated and the tenants have...
For apartment owners and operators, the next leasing prospect may never click through to a property website. Instead, an AI agent may scan the site, compare the community with competing options and present a renter with a recommendation before the prospect has spoken to a leasing agent. That shift is already changing the purpose of apartment marketing websites, according to Veronica Romney, general manager, and marketing suite at Realpage. Speaking last week at the company’s RealWorld conference in Denver, Romney said bot and AI-agent internet traffic has surpassed human traffic for the first time, with agentic search accounting for 57.5% of activity compared with 42.5% for... Read more
Newly completed apartments are accounting for most of the demand, leaving a more difficult leasing environment for many stabilized properties despite an improvement in...
San Francisco rents set yet another record in September, with median prices posting double-digit gains from a year ago – by the largest margin this decade. The...
Three-quarters of renters are willing to pay an additional monthly fee for at least one added service, according to a new report from Foxen. Foxen, a proptech firm...
KEY TAKEAWAYS The national median rent fell 0.1% in September to $1,388, the first monthly decline since January but milder than both recent years and the pre-pandemic...
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