5 Maintenance Pitfalls That Can Become Fair Housing Problems
Five maintenance pitfalls that can become fair housing problems and create an unnecessary risk for property managers and how a stronger process can help.
By The Fair Housing Institute
Maintenance teams are often focused on one...
How The Renter Profile Is Changing
How the renter profile is changing with income, tenure and lifestyle shifts now happening that property managers need to know.
By RentCafe
Persistent trends in the U.S. housing market over the last decade or so have...
Clark County Rents Hold Their Ground Against Portland
By Aaron Kirk Douglas
Vancouver’s median gross rent of $1,702 is higher than Portland’s $1,655, according to Mover Math’s analysis of 2020-2024 Census data reported by The Columbian.
Current CoStar figures (available to subscribers) show the...
Houston Leads Nation In Accidental Landlords
Houston now leads the nation as a hotspot for accidental landlords, outpacing Denver, Austin and San Antonio, according to real estate firm Zillow.
Overall, an estimated 4.3% of single-family rental listings in Houston are properties...
Supply Not Greedy Landlords Cause Of High Housing Costs
Jeff Bezos said the reason for high housing costs is a basic supply and demand problem, and not greedy landlords.
He argued in interviews with several media outlets that government programs have made it worse...
Despite Dip In September, Rents Still Up For The Quarter
U.S. multifamily advertised rents declined $1 in September while year-over-year growth improved to 0.7%, Yardi Matrix reports in their September report.
Advertised rents are up 1.4% year-to-date through September, while the third quarter produced positive...
Newsom Signs Landmark California Pet Policy Transparency Act Into Law
California landlords will soon have to put all policies into writing and provide them to tenants at the time of rental applications after the governor signed the California pet policy law.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed...
Oregon Sets Rent Control, Price Increases For 2027
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services has published the maximum allowable rent control increase percentage for calendar year 2027.
The maximum allowable rent increase percentage landlords can set for tenants is 10% subject to the...
2,200 Empty Affordable Units Should Reset Portland City Hall’s Priorities
The narrow price gap between market-rate rental housing and affordable units means 2,200 affordable units sit vacant in Portland.
By Aaron Kirk Douglas
About 40% of Portland's market-rate apartments now rent within 15% of income-restricted units,...
Landlords Offering Major Rental Concessions As Vacancies Rise
The average share of rental listings on Realtor.com offering rental concessions from waived application fees to rent credits and rent-free months reached 43.5% across the 50 largest U.S. metros, up from 40.4% a year...