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The year 2024 ended on a down note for rents, but 2025 promises change as the supply growth declines, Yardi Matrix says in its yearend report. The report says the rental market has been stuck...

As the economy grows and the job market remains strong, what will 2025 look like for the multifamily industry? “We expect multifamily advertised rents to increase moderately in 2025, by 1.5% nationally,” writes Yardi Matrix...

Renters In Atlanta, Denver and Dallas paid more than $100 a month more in rent to landlords who used rent-setting software algorithms, according to a report. A White House report released in December estimates the...

CoStar Group forecasts that as the new apartment supply is absorbed, new data shows there will be an increase in rents in 2025 and 2026, ending the lower prices “many renters have had over the...

There was little change in rents as moving season is past and tenants settle in for the winter, Yardi Matrix says in the November Multifamily Report. Of the last 10 Novembers, since 2015, the average...

4 Ways AI is being leveraged by multifamily owners and operators to optimize their marketing efforts from leasing to maintenance. By Vickie Rodgers Artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting how the entire real estate industry operates, including...

Multifamily applicant fraud is becoming a widespread challenge for the industry as fraudsters become more inventive, according to the State of Applicant Fraud Report from Snappt, an AI document-fraud-detection company for multifamily property managers. The...

A new study on why people move confirms that the main reasons people move are for better housing and jobs, according to Rent Café. The number of people moving last year – 24 million –...

California cities, including San Diego, are pushing back on rent-setting software programs used by apartments, according to reports. Some landlords use a single company's software - which uses an algorithm based on proprietary lease information...

National rents dipped again in November dropping 0.8% and experts expect them to continue to fall in coming months, Apartment List says in the December report. Nationwide rent fell $12 to $1,382, and “we’re likely...