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A new federal housing law is putting limits on some of the country’s largest buyers of single-family homes. But for the typical independent landlord, the story is less about new restrictions and more about how the rules could change competition for rental properties. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which became law on July 11, 2026, generally prohibits certain large institutional investors from purchasing additional single-family homes. The restriction applies to for-profit entities that control at least 350 single-family homes and is scheduled to take effect January 7, 2027. Small and midsize landlords are not subject to the purchase restriction. Could Small Investors Face Less... Read more
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...
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 homeownership. Nearly 190,000 households were formed during the quarter, more than in the previous two quarters combined, according toMarcus & Millichap. Although that total remained below the 2015-to-2019 quarterly average of roughly 240,000, it supported stronger apartment absorption and helped reduce national vacancy by 60 basis points to 4.5%. Vacancy declined across most major markets. Some of the largest drops occurred in lower-supply Midwest and Northeast metros, but construction-heavy Sun Belt markets also... Read more
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...
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...
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