News And Trends

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...

Ohio legislators are considering a bill to make tenants responsible for unpaid utility bills and other municipal bills, and to allow cities to collect unpaid bills directly from renters, according to reports. Currently, Ohio law...

Demand drove rent growth up in Seattle, according to Yardi Matrix’s November report, with advertised asking rents up 1.2 percent year-over-year to $2,216, outperforming the 0.9 percent U.S. rate as of September. The occupancy rate...

Multifamily and single-family rents fell in October as supply growth continues to delineate the direction of rents by metro, Yardi Matrix says In the Multifamily October Report. “At the same time, the drop in starts...

Looking ahead to the real estate landscape of early 2025, landlords and property investors are looking to identify the most promising markets and Salt Lake City and Phoenix rank high as great places for landlords. Laure...

A new report shows a trend to more professional property management moving from 30% of rental properties in 2017 to 36% in 2024. "This reflects not only an increase of 1.3 million properties under professional...

Multifamily new construction starts have bottomed out however construction times have slowed down meaning a sizeable number of units are still in the pipeline, Yardi Matrix reports in a Multifamily Research Bulletin. “Multifamily completions will...

Here is Scot Aubry's take on 5 ways the election could impact landlords and rent control, tenant protections, affordable housing, taxes, interest rates and more. By Scot Aubry As the 2024 U.S. presidential election recently closed,...