News And Trends

After several years of record-high deliveries fueled by increased funding, starts in the affordable-housing market in the U.S. are decelerating, Yardi Matrix says in an Affordable Housing National Report. Financing affordable developments remains a thorny...

AppFolio has announced the expansion of its Performance Platform, broadening and deepening its agentic capabilities across leasing, accounting, and resident operations and extending the performance it already delivers for residents, owners, investors, and operators. These...

Multifamily advertised rents increased nationally in May, but growth is flat year-over-year, Yardi Matrix reports. High interest rates have curbed property sales volume while weak consumer sentiment has limited renter demand, pushing national occupancy rates...

Entrata has announced a long-term strategic collaboration with OpenAI to define the future of Autonomous Property Management. Under the agreement, Entrata will gain expanded access to OpenAI’s frontier AI models to enhance its existing agents...

What Portland's Inclusionary Zoning started in 2017 for affordable housing actually produced and how it it skewed apartment development. By Aaron Kirk Douglas Portland's affordable-housing mandate skewed apartment development for most of a decade. A 2024...

Pacific Northwest multifamily investor values have dropped so far in some submarkets that timing the exact bottom no longer matters as the bottom is near and fundamentals matter. By Aaron Kirk Douglas HFO Investment Real Estate...

By Arbor Realty Trust Arbor Realty Trust’s latest Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, evaluates what’s driving this sector’s ongoing stability as macroeconomic conditions remain mixed. Loan originations rose last...

The pullback in multifamily construction continues as U.S. apartment starts declined to approximately 55,000 units nationwide in the first quarter of 2026, a 73% decrease from the peak reached in early 2022 and the...

U.S. multifamily advertised rents rose in April but at a lower rate than the usual rents seasonal bounce, and they are negative compared to a year ago, Yardi Matrix says. However, on a positive note,...

Multifamily vacancy and rent growth projections have been revised in a new forecast from Apartments.com and CoStar. The national multifamily vacancy is estimated to increase to 8.8% by the end of this year before easing...