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A new study shows that a 30-minute delay in responding to a tour request by leasing agents reduces renter engagement likelihood from 40% to just 10%. Renter interest does not just fade gradually over days. It drops sharply in the first hour. In a market where renters are comparing multiple properties at once and can book a competitor tour instantly, response time is becoming one of the most consequential things a leasing team controls, according to the new Rently 2026 Renter Touring Expectations Report. Screen Your Tenant Today! Gain peace of mind with AAOA’s credit, criminal, and eviction reports. GET STARTED The study says 47% of renters have chosen, or... Read more
National multifamily net absorption reached its fifth-highest quarterly total in nearly 25 years, even as median asking rents continued to decline. Net absorption across...
KEY TAKEAWAYS San Francisco rents grew 14% between March and July 2026 as AI sector hiring accelerates demand, per CoStar. Bidding wars, packed open houses, and scams...
Key Takeaways On-time payments increased to 83.2% in August, reversing some of the summer softness recorded in recent months Year-over-year, on-time collections...
Apartment demand accelerated during the second quarter, pushing national vacancy lower as household formation strengthened and renters faced renewed obstacles to...
There’s a word in our industry that has been used so widely, so indiscriminately, and for so long that it no longer transmits any information at all. Luxury. It’s on the new Class A high-rise. It’s on the 2004 garden-style community with updated counters. It’s on the B-minus asset that swapped carpet for LVP and repainted the clubhouse. Renters scrolling listings see the same word on every result, at every price point, across every vintage, and they’ve adapted the way people always adapt to noise. They stopped hearing it. That should worry the properties that deliver on it. When the word is free, it’s worthless, and a community that earns its premium... Read more
By Taylor Avakian, Principal Broker & Founder of The Group CRE A couple of years ago I toured a fourplex on one of the hill streets above Sunset, a few blocks up...
KEY TAKEAWAYS US multifamily rents posted a 1.4% annual increase in June 2026, up from 1.2% the prior month, according to Zillow’s index. San Francisco led metros...
Oregon multifamily owners who have considered converting their apartment communities to smoke-free housing under the new law may want to start planning now. Beginning...
If you think driving rent growth and renewals requires a large capital budget, the leasing veterans at the National Apartment Association’s Apartmentalize...
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