News And Trends

Americans are continuing to migrate to the Sunbelt and Mountain West, according to the 2026 Apartment List Renter Migration Report. One enduring feature of the post-pandemic housing market is migration out of dense, expensive markets...

Real estate investors flipping homes are seeing their profits drop considerably as higher mortgage rates, high home prices and tight supply squeeze profit margins. Diana Olick, senior real estate correspondent at CNBC Property Play, says...

Multifamily rents have maintained a slow pace as advertised rents remained flat in February, with the multifamily market anticipating another year of slow growth, according to the latest report from Yardi Matrix. “The market faces...

Seattle landlords are leading the nation in facing rising insurance costs as average monthly insurance costs in the Seattle metro area rose 84.61% between 2019 and 2024 to $62.02 per multifamily unit, according to...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced it is seeking written public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking to address nationwide potentially unfair rental housing fees or deceptive fee practices in connection with rental...

A near-record number of homeowners are becoming rental property owners as accidental landlords rise when they turn their unsold properties into rentals, according to Zillow. Properties owned by these accidental landlords account for more of...

Steps operators can take to ensure they’re moving the needle in the right direction rather than remaining stuck in neutral in 2026 as prospects want transparency, control and consistent touchpoints. By Paul Willis For many rental-housing...

National rents returned to positive rent growth and inched up in February after falling for six straight months, according to the March report from Apartment List. The national median rent ticked up by 0.2 percent...

Portland’s average advertised asking rent dropped 0.6% on a trailing three-month basis as of December 2025, reaching $1,727, as Portland's rent growth slowed with soft fundamentals, according to the most recent Yardi Matrix Multifamily...

The Portland City Council has again delayed a vote and continued a months-long debate on how to spend unspent housing funds. City officials first disclosed that the Portland Housing Bureau was sitting on $21 million...