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Here’s why Camden will exit California as it bets big on the Sun Belt

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Camden Property Trust, one of the nation’s largest apartment real estate investment trusts, has long complained about California’s challenging regulatory environment. Frustrations escalated to a breaking point in the early 2020s. An eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic, which effectively reduced a large share of rental revenue, left landlords largely on their own to manage […]

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Mamdani notches a loss in opening gambit to take on NYC landlords

Affordability, Affordable housing, Policy, Rent Prices, Renters, The Builder's Daily /

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani suffered defeat in his first skirmish with multifamily property owners as part of a strategic war to remake the city’s rent-stabilized housing.​ On Friday, Summit Properties USA became the winning bidder for more than 5,000 rent-regulated units owned by bankrupt Pinnacle Development Group. The sale went through despite Mamdani’s

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Will banning institutional investors make homes more affordable?

Cotality, Donald Trump, Home Prices, Housing Market, HWmember, Institutional investors, Real Estate Investing, Rent Prices, Single-Family Rentals /

Housing professionals across the country raised their eyebrows earlier this week when President Donald Trump said he would look to stop large institutional investors from buying homes, citing increased affordability pressures on the typical American consumer. Cotality principal economist Thom Malone has long studied the impacts that real estate investors of all sizes have on

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The tenant boom and investment surge: Why 2026 is agents’ rental inflection point

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As 2025 ends, the U.S. housing market is revealing a new reality. Homeownership is slipping farther out of reach for many, while the pool of renters and small landlord investors expands. For agents, that shift transforms rentals from a fallback option into a primary business opportunity. 2026 will not be another patch year. It will

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FTC issues warnings to rental software firms on price transparency

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A week after settling a lawsuit with rental property management company Greystar, it appears the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) involvement in the rental property management space is not waning.  On Tuesday, the government regulator announced that it had sent letters to 13 property management software providers nationwide warning them that they may be violating the

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Glut of new supply drags down BTR and multifamily rental rates in the Sun Belt

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Rents for both multifamily and single-family built-to-rent units moved sideways over the last year. Still, rents in most major Sun Belt markets are down annually due to a glut of new housing, according to the latest Yardi Matrix National Multifamily Report.  Meanwhile, rental growth is typically the strongest in the Midwest, Northeast, and California. This

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RealPage, DOJ settle antitrust rental pricing lawsuit

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Rental pricing software firm RealPage has settled its lawsuit with the Department of Justice (DOJ). The two announced the proposed settlement, which is still subject to court approval on Monday.  According to the settlement announcement, RealPage will not face any financial penalties. The company said the settlement is not an admission of liability and noted

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Rent collections improve slightly, but late payments signal strain

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On-time rent payments improved in August 2025, offering a rare positive note in a year marked by declining performance, according to new data from Chandan Economics. Preliminary estimates for August show that 83.2% of tenants at independently operated units paid their rent on time — up 34 basis points (bps) from July. July’s figure was

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First American launches monthly rent automated valuation model

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First American Data & Analytics has released an automated valuation model that estimates monthly rent for residential properties nationwide. The product — called Procision Rental AVM — updates daily on roughly 100 million properties, including single-family homes, condominiums and homes in planned-unit developments. It provides rental estimates, value ranges and confidence scores for use by

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New Western president speaks on PadSplit partnership

Affordability, Housing Inventory, Housing Market, HWmember, Multifamily Housing, Real Estate, Real Estate Technology, Rent Prices, Rental Properties, Renters, Technology /

New Western and PadSplit have entered a partnership aimed at increasing affordable co-living housing, effective last week. New Western cofounder and President Kurt Carlton told HousingWire the collaboration will allow investors to access PadSplit’s model for converting single-family homes into shared living spaces — while leveraging New Western’s large property inventory. “(PadSplit) will help you

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