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The Federal Trade Commission sued a pair of online rental listing platforms Tuesday, claiming Zillow paid its competitor Redfin $100 million to cease advertising multifamily rental properties in an apparent effort to stop competition. “Paying off a competitor to stop competing against you is a violation of federal antitrust laws,” Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition Daniel Guarnera said in a statement. “Zillow paid millions of dollars to eliminate Redfin as an independent competitor in an already concentrated advertising market — one that’s critical for renters, property managers, and the health of the overall U.S. housing market.” In the lawsuit, filed in Virginia... Read more
New York City homeowners can now apply to add basement, attic, and backyard apartments to their existing properties. On Tuesday, the city launched an applications...
KEY TAKEAWAYS A surge in unsold homes converted to rentals is slowing rent growth, with projections showing just a 0.8% increase in 2025, the weakest since...
A new survey reveals persistent multifamily renter defaults driven largely by economic instability that are placing increasing pressure on operations. A national survey...
Key Takeaways More than 1,000 tenants living in Capital Realty Group-owned properties are organizing a multi-state tenant union campaign to push for collective...
The overlooked power players in SFR: small landlords Despite all the chatter online about Wall Street landlords and institutional investors, the single-family rental market is still overwhelmingly dominated by everyday owners. According to a BatchData’s new analysis of every U.S. single-family home, 89.6% of single-family rentals are held by “mom-and-pop” landlords who own between 1 and 5 rental properties. Some small mom-and-pop landlords view single-family rentals as a supplement to a 401(k)—or even as an outright alternative to one. Some are accidental landlords who chose to keep their starter home as a rental rather than sell it, while others jumped in during the Airbnb... Read more
After more than two years of supply-side pressures, the rise in the nationwide multifamily vacancy rate effectively came to a halt in the second quarter of 2025....
Most multifamily investors understand how powerful depreciation can be while you own a property. It reduces your taxable income, boosts cash flow, and lets you keep more...
In an important win for NAHB members, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced that effective Oct. 1, it is reducing the FHA multifamily mortgage insurance...
Short-term rentals have become one of the most talked about corners of real estate, marked by their ability to generate income, respond quickly to shifts in demand, and...
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