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There are plenty of reasons for the multifamily sector’s resilience. Many people are choosing to rent rather than buy a home. Mortgage interest rates are keeping some potential buyers from making the leap to homebuying. Today’s luxury apartments attract renters who want high-end amenities without the hassle of maintaining a home. Then there’s the cost of renting vs. the cost of owning a home. According to the latest research from LendingTree, renting an apartment remains cheaper than owning a home in every large metropolitan area in the United States. This ranks as one of the key reasons why demand for apartment units continues to rise. According to a LendingTree report released... Read more
I’ve spent years in Austin as an apartment locator, riding shotgun on people’s entire search. I hear the jokes, the panic, the side comments as we exit the...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Renter urgency hit a post-pandemic low in 2025 but showed signs of rebounding in late 2025. Low urgency renters peaked at 54.4% nationally, reflecting...
Multi-family real estate provides stronger tax shelters than single-family properties through advanced depreciation schedules and cost segregation feasibility....
With winter in full swing in parts of the country, many of us are all too familiar with freezing temperatures. While this can make it tough to be a landlord, there’s...
For insurance brokers such as Danielle Lombardo over the last five years, their work connecting property owners to insurance has felt less like consulting and more like counseling. “I was a property insurance therapist during the hard market,” said Lombardo, co-leader of real estate practice at insurance consulting firm Howden. “I say that tongue in cheek, but it’s actually true when you have the CEO of a South Florida-based real estate developer who’s calling you literally crying, saying, ‘I can’t do this deal because of insurance. Help me.’” As the frequency of billion-dollar disasters has increased, so has the cost of property insurance. Some commercial... Read more
For rental housing providers, artificial intelligence has become both a challenge and a solution. Fraud in rental applications isn’t new, but the technology powering...
Student housing didn’t just house Gen Z—it taught them what service at the speed of now looks like. After years of living in communities where work orders close the...
Something fundamental shifted in real estate investing over the past 18 months, and most people are just now catching on. The investors who made fortunes flipping...
Storing IDs in a drawer before verifying the identity of visitors or renters exposes both property managers and residents to serious physical dangers and security...
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