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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.

January 2019 Phoenix Metro Rent Report Shows Rents Continue Rising

January 2019 Phoenix Metro Rent Report Shows Rents Continue Rising

The Phoenix metro rent report for January shows rents continue to rise across the valley, with a couple of exceptions as Gilbert continues to lead with most expensive rents, according to Apartment List. Phoenix rents...
Young Adults And Retirees Continue To Choose To Live In Apartments

Young Adults And Retirees Continue To Choose To Live In Apartments

A new report analyzing the market shows that the multifamily market cycle is continuing strong as young adults and retirees choose to live in apartments. The strong job growth plus the choice to live in...
apartment jobs

West Coast Markets Dominate Demand for Apartment Jobs

The apartment industry labor market held its momentum through the final three months of the year, with apartment jobs representing more than 34 percent of job openings in the real estate sector. The latest National...
Multifamily Rent Growth is tops in Phoenix in April according to Yardi Matrix report

Multifamily Rent Growth In 2019 Will Be Led By Metros In the Southwest, West...

The U.S. multifamily market sector enjoyed a solid year in 2018 in which multifamily rent grew by 3.2% according to a survey of 127 markets by Yardi® Matrix, and wrapped up the eighth straight year...
rent growth

Stronger Rent Growth, Tightened Occupancy In U.S. Apartment Market In Fourth Quarter Of 2018

The annual pace of U.S. apartment rent growth accelerated to 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter, according to a release from real estate technology and analytics firm RealPage, Inc. The company said momentum in annual rent growth...
Seattle Rents Declined For Third Straight Month

Seattle Rents Declined For Third Straight Month

The January rents report shows Seattle rents have declined 0.4% over the past month, but have increased marginally by 0.6% in comparison to the same time last year, according to Apartment List. Currently, median rents...

Lapse In Funding For HUD Multifamily Due To Government Shutdown

Federal Unpaid Workers Owe $438 Million In Rent And Mortgage Payments This Month The effects of the federal government shutdown on the housing market are wide-ranging and personal -- unpaid workers still have to pay their rent...
Portland rents

Portland Rents Declined Significantly Over the Past Month

The January 2019 Portland rents report shows Portland rents have declined 0.5% over the past month, and are down slightly by 0.2% in comparison to the same time last year, according to Apartment List. Currently,...
Rent Growth And Multifamily Trends Heading Into 2019

Rent Growth And Multifamily Trends Heading Into 2019

Some rental experts from Zumper, a full-service rental platform company, discussed what they see as the forecast for rent growth and multifamily trends in housing heading into 2019 in a question and answer sessions...
Soft Credit Pulls Help Property Managers Attract Better Applicants

Soft Credit Pulls Help Property Managers Attract Better Applicants

Soft credit pulls can help property managers and landlords attract and engage the best renters, according to some new research from Equifax. Unlike hard credit pulls, soft credit pulls do not impact a consumer's credit...