Yardi Matrix: student housing rents cool amid supply surge
Student housing rents are softening in several key markets, Yardi Matrix reports, as a supply surge continues to reshape leasing dynamics for Fall 2025.
As the 2025–26 academic year approaches, student housing preleasing...
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...
Renter delinquency trends worsen in 2025
A new industry report on renter delinquency trends paints a starker picture of the multifamily sector in 2025 than was suggested here last month. Produced by J Turner Research in partnership with...
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...
Markets that reached supply summits earlier and at more modest levels are now seeing...
In evaluating rent performance among major apartment markets, two key factors emerge: the timing of peak supply and the scale of new inventory at that peak. Data from RealPage Analytics suggests markets...
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...
Student housing preleasing flat while rent growth slows
Student housing preleasing across Yardi 200-tracked universities held steady in March 2025 at 67.1 percent, slightly below the year-ago level of 67.4 percent, while enrollment has grown in primary state schools. However,...
Investors see a transitional year for multifamily
Investors responding to Berkadia’s 2025 Investor Sentiment Survey, released in March, see a transitional year for multifamily characterized by uncertainty, with positive signals possible as the year progresses. This outlook is supported...
Rising credit card debt signals challenges ahead for multifamily
Increasing household debt and delinquencies signals challenges ahead for multifamily owners, operators, and renters. Rising credit card debt and high credit-card interest rates make it difficult for renters to make ends meet,...
Apartment REITs (and some privates) lead new project starts
Confidence has returned to a small segment of the multifamily arena forecasting an end to the supply glut that has stymied both development and acquisitions over the past several years. Apartment REITs...
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...
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...
Yardi Matrix looks at student housing trends for Fall 2024
According to the Yardi Matrix Fall 2024 student housing report and webinar, the strong getting stronger is an emerging theme among the Yardi 200. Yardi tracks the performance of 1.15 million student...
Size and location are factors in student housing performance
Size and location are factors when it comes to student housing property performance, according to the 2024 Fall report and podcast by Yardi Matrix on November 21. Yardi Matrix expects another great...
Student housing sector ends stellar 2024 leasing season
The student housing sector ended a stellar 2024 leasing season, according to the October national student housing report from Yardi Matrix. Preleasing and rent growth both were close to last year’s historic...
