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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 for annual rent growth at 8.5%, while several Florida and Texas markets continued to lag. Strengthening rent growth and wider market participation suggest the multifamily sector is rebounding after a lengthy cooling period. Signs of a Market Shift National multifamily rent growth showed clear acceleration in June, per data from the Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) reported by Chandan Economics. Headline rents increased 1.4% year over year, up 0.2 percentage points from May and reaching this year’s peak pace. The uptick... Read more
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...
Class-C apartment operators in Chicago are buoyed by many of the tailwinds bolstering the city’s multifamily market as a whole: limited new supply, rising rent...
Commercial real estate owners have always understood that empty spaces are lost opportunities. What they have been slower to recognize is that underutilized space, a...
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 raw material. What determines whether it means anything is the work that comes after it, and that work gets far less attention than it deserves. Think about what a name is on day one. A word on a sign. A promise that has not been kept yet. If the name is ambitious, something evocative, something with an idea inside it, then it writes a check the rest of the brand has to cover. Choose a word like “curated” or “haven” or “forge” and you’ve made a claim. Now something has to make that... Read more
By Nate Bernstein, Managing Attorney of LA Real Estate Law Group. Read Part 1 Here #8. Avoid Sweeping Limitation of Liability Clauses Property managers will often try to...
If you own or manage rental property outside New York, it’s easy to assume the city’s broker-fee law has nothing to do with you. I think that’s a...
Open almost any apartment community’s amenities page and you’ll meet the same three phrases: resort-style pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, wood-look...
After several years of record apartment construction, the multifamily market is entering a new phase as slowing deliveries begin to restore landlords’ pricing...
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