News And Trends

Here is a Portland apartment market mid-year summary for 2024 that shows the Portland apartment market stabilizing or improving. By Patrick Barry There was a general sense of optimism that the apartment market would show improvement...

A broad coalition of housing providers and lenders released a letter to President Biden opposing the recent proposal to cap rents nationwide, according to a release from the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). “We understand the appeal of...

Multifamily growth met expectations in the first half of the year, Yardi Matrix says in the June report. While rents continued to rise in June, increases were modest compared to the post-pandemic boom. “The first half...

There are new refrigerant requirements coming for apartment communities in the HVAC field for 2024 and beyond to replace R-22 and R-410a. By Richard Berger For apartment communities, there is massive change ahead regarding refrigerants. While the...

Rent prices continued to rise in June but overall rent increases remain modest, Apartment List says in its July report. While there have been five straight months now of rent increases, the national median rent...

In a new research bulletin, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) says new “luxury apartments” influence rental costs for all prices of apartments, including the lower-cost Class C apartments. But many Americans remain skeptical as to whether...

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a growing number of Americans are spending at least 90 minutes each way traveling to and from work, a practice known as “super-commuting,” Apartment List says...

The National Apartment Association (NAA) has announced the winners of the 2024 NAA Excellence Awards, an annual program that recognizes excellence and leadership across the rental housing industry. This year’s award recipients were formally...

As the summer moving and leasing season heats up, RentCafe took a look to find out where the most competitive rental markets in the United States are located. “Overall, the U.S. rental market is experiencing...

The direction of inflation and interest rates will be closely watched by the multifamily industry along with other multifamily challenges in the second half of 2024, Yardi Matrix says in their summer report. “Performance continues...