News And Trends

At News & Trends you will find trends in rents, real estate sales, apartment development, the economy at large and property management and investing industry matters.

Portland prosecutors have declined to charge a tenant who killed his landlord with a sword saying the former tenant acted in self-defense

Prosecutors Decline To Charge Former Tenant Who Killed Landlord With Sword

Portland prosecutors have declined to charge a tenant who killed his landlord with a sword saying the former tenant acted in self-defense, according to reports. The landlord was left dead in a September dispute...
The national median rent fell by 0.7 percent month-over-month in October the largest monthly decline in the index started in January 2017.”

Record-Setting Decline In National Median Rent In October

The national median rent fell by 0.7 percent month-over-month in October, according to Apartment List, “the largest monthly decline in the full history of our index, which starts in January 2017.” “Our national rent index...
Will your renters play a crucial role in elections as in the past renters have historically voted at far lower rates than homeowners.

Will Your Renters Play A Crucial Role In Elections?

Will your renters play a crucial role in elections as in the past renters have historically voted at far lower rates than homeowners. By Chris Salviati and Rob Warnock Apartment List The 2022 midterms are less than...
Young American renters are already making trade-offs to address inflation and rent hikes and are considering further changes

Young American Renters Making Changes in Response to Inflation

Young American renters are already making trade-offs to address inflation and rent hikes and are considering further changes, according to a new survey from Grubb Properties. Grubb’s State of the Young American Renter Survey polled 1,000 American...
18 months of outstanding rent growth is coming to an end as asking rents are falling in many national multifamily markets Yardi Matrix says.

18 Months of Outstanding Rent Growth Coming to An End

Asking rents are falling in many national multifamily markets, bringing an end to 18 months of record-breaking rent growth, according to a special bulletin from Yardi Matrix. The rent growth coming to an end and...

Portland Rents Increase Again In October

Portland rents have increased 0.3 percent over the past month, and have increased significantly by 4.7 percent in comparison to the same time last year, according to the latest report from Apartment List. The report...

Report: Apartment Rents Won’t Grow to the Sky

The combination of recession concerns, requests to return to the office, rents that are just too high, and a multi-decade high of new rental supply are all combining to cause apartment rents to soften...
The long run of multifamily rent growth “hit the brakes” in September as the economy continued to cool, Yardi Matrix says

Multifamily Rents ‘Hit the Brakes’ in September

The long run of multifamily rent growth “hit the brakes” in September as the economy continued to cool, Yardi Matrix says in their monthly report. Yardi Matrix says multifamily rents remained unchanged in September, while...
Renters surpass homeowners in 41 percent of the zip codes in the 50 largest cities as more households are renting than in last 55 years

Renting Is At Highest Level In 55 Years

Renters now surpass homeowners in 41 percent of the zip codes in the 50 largest cities in the U.S., according to a new RentCafé report and more households are renting than at any point...

States Where Tenants are Most Behind on Rent Payments

Tenants are behind on rent payments in a number of states with about 15 percent of renters, or about six million total, according to a report from myelisting.com. “Our team of analysts at MyEListing.com found...