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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.

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.

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.

Multifamily property teams know their communities better than anyone else. They know the grounds, amenities and property layout like the back of their hands, and their relationships with residents almost make them extended family.

Unlike nearly every other prod think of the early editions of cellphones or high-definition TVs—these AI-fueled bots can learn on the fly. Couple their learning ability with some fine-tuning efforts by their creators, and it should come as no surprise that chatbots are becoming a must-have in the…

Property managers have a number of options when it comes to access control technology. But not every product fits every community, or every purpose. Operators need to consider the function and flexibility required for optimal access control, and to maintain the integrity of their property.

Smart home technology allows operators to identify problem areas before they develop into larger issues and pinpoint potential points of failure prior to catastrophic damage. This predictive technology is changing the way property management companies maintain their properties.