The stories headlining multifamily news this week: the impact of nontraditional data points, requiring residents to be vaccinated, the evolution of single-family rental self-guided tours, higher wood prices to continue through 2022, student housing strength despite pandemic and industry leaders being proactive as eviction moratorium ends.
Citing a joint PetScreening-J Turner Research study, only one in four apartment residents supports breed restrictions while just one in five is in favor of weight restrictions. In addition, many insurance companies have removed pet breed restrictions from their general liability policies.
Apartment operators didn’t always have a bevy of data at their fingertips to help steer them toward more intuitive property procedures. But that’s no longer an excuse, as newfound pet data has made a compelling case for operators to overhaul their policies.
This week’s top multifamily storylines: motivating today’s property management associates, creating value in today’s value-add properties, the pet amenities residents want, thriving single-family rentals, full-service experiences and thoverheating apartment markets.
The top stories this week in multifamily: the power of instacaptions for multifamily marketing, tapping the capabilities of interactive sitemaps, attracting and converting prospects, rent increase predictions, smart home features that matter to boomers and the next big thing in apartment touring.
After a series of extensions, the eviction moratorium now in place until October 3 – should be the last, on a national scale. The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s eviction moratorium for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-backed properties is slated to expire at the end of September.
As more and more communities allow pets onsite, most operators are seeing an uptick in assistance animal accommodation requests. It’s no secret that there are bad actors trying to pass their pets off as assistance animals to circumvent pet fees and restrictions.
Headlining this week’s multifamily news: PIHI report says operators and residents win with pet friendly policies, financial amenities that benefit everyone, making evictions a corporate task, apartment completions reach a 20-year high, investors seek build-to-rent opportunities, and the growing role of life insurance companies in multifamily.
Apartment residents, like people everywhere, are absolutely crazy about their pets. Although it may sound cliché, renters feel like their dogs and cats truly are members of their families. The bond between owner and pet is unmistakable.
This week’s top storylines in multifamily include: the continued growth of chatbots, reasons affordable housing will thrive, California Senate Bill 1157, Gen Z looking to buy, the multifamily opportunity in aging office parks and the increase in apartment price.