Revenue management software under renewed legal pressure
Dom Beveridge, a multifamily technology analyst and creator and author of the 20for20 website and blog, recently addressed Seattle’s Ordinance CB121000, which bans the use of revenue management (RM) software that relies...
RealPage Q2 reports deep concessions, resilient demand
RealPage Analytic's second-quarter multifamily report paints a picture of a market gradually finding its footing. The apartment sector is stabilizing, though unevenly, after a turbulent year marked by interest rate swings and...
Consumer delinquencies are rising, but context matters
Consumer delinquencies are rising, but context matters, especially in a market still normalizing after pandemic-era disruptions. As the multifamily sector seeks clarity amid macroeconomic crosscurrents, one trend is beginning to raise flags:...
Staying power: rent renewals boost multihousing stability
Something’s shifting in the rental market and it's good news for operators. Despite more apartments coming online, surging rent renewals are keeping the rental market very competitive.
In May 2025, apartment lease renewals...
Job creation still fuels apartment demand—but not everywhere
Job creation has long been considered a strong indicator of apartment demand in the U.S., and while that relationship has weakened overall, it remains intact in several key markets. Factors like remote...
Supply has peaked, but deal flow remains muted
The multifamily investment outlook remains bullish, but the floodgates will not burst open with deal flow this year. That is the takeaway from the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC) annual conference, according...
Is illegal immigration a driving force in apartment fundamentals?
Are illegal immigration and deportations truly driving forces behind housing supply, demand, and affordability issues, or are they being overstated by the media and both sides of the political divide? Or put...
Class B apartments lead occupancy increases
Apartment occupancy has increased across all three asset classes lead by Class B, despite a 50-year-high wave of new apartment deliveries, according to RealPage Analytics. Seven consecutive quarters of record new apartment...
Freddie Mac projects increase in YOY multifamily originations
Multifamily originations in 2025 are expected to surpass last year’s volume, thanks to stabilizing, although higher, interest rates, an expensive for-sale market and the nation's extreme shortage of housing, according to Freddie...
Analysts predict how multifamily will thrive in 2025
As we enter the New Year, analysts are peering into their crystal balls to predict how multifamily will thrive in 2025.
Yardi Matrix sees the multifamily market poised for modest growth, driven by...
High supply apartment markets ride demand wave
More than 558,000 apartment units have delivered over the past 12 months, hitting what RealPage Analytics calls a 50-year supply peak. But booming demand for rental housing has been a bright spot...
Who’s to blame for the affordability crisis?
Who's to blame for the affordability crisis? Jay Parsons, multifamily housing analyst and head of investment strategy and research for Madera Residential, suggests that the media is pointing fingers in the wrong...
DOJ sues RealPage for housing inflation government caused
President Biden, Vice-President Harris and their Department of Justice have come out strongly against RealPage for their algorithm designed to help landlords better understand current market conditions in setting their rents.
They claim it enables...
Student housing demand normalizing
Student housing demand appears to be normalizing to a more sustainable trend after record occupancy rates in Fall 2022 and 2023. This is one of the take-aways from the student housing market...
San Francisco city council targets free speech to cover up its own housing failures
The San Francisco city council is smashing the mirror because it doesn’t like the face staring back at it.
The council just approved a ban on websites that offer data about local rental markets and...
