News And Trends

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...

The U.S. rental market has officially tipped in favor of tenants and turned renter-friendly as the vacancy rate has climbed to 7.6% across the 50 largest metros. Realtor.com says in their January Rental Report that...

Portland, mass timber and what the next generation of developers entering the real estate industry is learning and why it matters for multifamily By Aaron Kirk Douglas Director of Market Intelligence at HFO Investment Real Estate In...

U.S. multifamily rents posted a modest increase in January, snapping a five-month decline, but heavy supply, slowing absorption and economic uncertainty point to a fragile recovery as the spring leasing season approaches, Yardi Matrix...