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Build-For-Rent: Why ESG Is So Important For Institutional Investment Acquisitions

ESG initiatives have risen to the forefront of how consumers and SFR rental home investors evaluate possible business investments.

After Years of High Performance, Multifamily Steps Back in 2023

The industry is stable and strong, it just won’t have a year as it had in the recent past.

Renting is now cheaper than owning in most of the country

It’s now cheaper to rent a three-bedroom home than it is to own in most of the country

Red-hot rental market is cooling in a good sign for inflation

Economic jitters and a construction boom are helping cool a red-hot rental market in a shift that could be good news for the overall economy

Rents in US Rise at Fastest Pace Since 1986, Buoying Inflation

Rents are soaring across the country as would-be homebuyers get priced out by the fastest-rising mortgage rates in decades and slide back in

Regulations Account For 40% Of Multifamily Development Costs

Most developers avoid building where rent controls are in place.

Single-Family Rents Make Another Record Leap

US rents up 12.6% year over year in January, marking annual rent growth’s 10th consecutive record high.

Record Share of Americans Say Rents Will Keep Rising This Year

Consumers expect rental prices to increase at a near-record pace

Certain Cities Are More Likely to Experience Faster SFR Rent Growth

Single-family rent growth in the New York City area was about one-half that of the US.

SFR Investors Continue to Gobble Up Available Homes

Increasing rents in the sector, investors have accounted for more than one-quarter of all single-family home sales in recent months.