Friday, March 7, 2025

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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...
The council just approved a ban on websites that offer data about local rental markets and help landlords set their rents. The council blames these tools for exploding housing costs.

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...

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...

New study suggests renters want modern conveniences and greater efficiency

A new study from RealPage reveals that renters will pay higher rents for modern conveniences and efficiencies and a moving and rent-pay process as easy as ordering from Amazon. The 2,000 U.S....

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...

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...

Apartment market fundamentals stabilized in July, reports RealPage

According to data from RealPage Analytics, apartment fundamentals stabilized in July. Rent growth and occupancy remained relatively steady during the month. National occupancy was 94.2 percent for the third straight month, which...

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...

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...

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...
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