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Multifamily’s top storylines this week are Apartments.com upgrades multifamily forecast, midterms results and affordable housing, hot rent markets now posting declines, driving resident satisfaction, true cost of equity, culture skills and property management, AI effect on CRE timelines, climbing the corporate ladder and drawing the line on AI.
The U.S. multifamily forecast has been modestly upgraded, according to Apartments.com. National multifamily vacancy is projected to remain near 7.9% through 2026 before declining to 7.5% by the end of 2027. Annual rent growth is now expected to hold at 1.4% through the fourth quarter.
Spring leasing season is bringing some welcome momentum for operators as the industry works through the impact of an unusually large wave of new deliveries. Leasing traffic is picking up and occupancy is holding steady. These trends are creating a more optimistic outlook for the rest of 2026.
Multifamily's top storylines this week are Kairoi Residential is an NMHC top manager, single-family rent growth slides, local staffing shortages threaten development, resident voices the best renewal asset, the rising fraud threat, multifamily misconceptions, too much tech, monitoring insurance coverage and calibrating marketing.
The top storylines in multifamily this week are rentable items, Fair Housing Month, maintenance as winter ends, SmartRent introduces new features to Work Management solution, GEO and apartment marketing, office conversions, population growth, rent growth and NAA's new legislative tracker.
The top storylines in multifamily this week are SmartRent launches investment program, rate cuts and higher RTO in 2025, apartment rent growth dips, helping in pet emergencies, data-driven strategies for leasing, 2025 multifamily anti-resolutions, revolutionizing multifamily websites, how AI is transforming multifamily and branding trends for the next…
The top storylines in multifamily this week are towing and resident happiness, Hamilton Zanze CEO shares insights, Boomers vs. Zoomers at work, the evolution of tech vendors, navigating technological changes, streamlining leasing using AI, supply and demand not in sync and rent growth forecasts.
The top storylines in multifamily this week are amenity fees vs. junk fees, navigating pet-friendly communities, halloween event ideas, the surge in deliveries and package management, bridging the digital divide, Grace Hill'a 2024 Impact Hero Winners, older adults flock to senior housing and rent growth to rise in…