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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.

Sep 7, 20224 min read

REPORT: RENTERS ARE STAYING IN PLACE LONGER THAN A DECADE AGO

A third of renters stayed in their home for five years or more

Jun 10, 20243 min read

Big-city dwellers are better off renting than buying a home everywhere, analysis says

In 21 of the 50 largest U.S. metros, the typical monthly cost of owning is at least 50% more expensive than the typical monthly cost of rent

May 3, 20243 min read

Rent Gains On Single-Family Homes Regain Strength

While the rental apartment market is currently seeing downward pressure on rents, the single-family rental market is back to a solid pace

Apr 17, 20243 min read

The 10 U.S. cities where renters’ incomes go the furthest—No. 1 is in California

half of U.S. renters put more than 30% of their income toward their rent

Feb 19, 20243 min read

Housing Solutions: Build-to-Rent Helps Fills a Gap

With houses foreclosing, institutional investors realized they could purchase homes at baseline prices and rent them out at premiums.

Oct 9, 20235 min read

Build-to-Rent Units Move Into Master-Planned Communities

Developers, investors and architects weigh in on the rising trend.

Oct 2, 20237 min read

Single-family rental volumes sink, but high yields lure fast-money investors

There is large appetite in the marketplace to acquire rental product

Jun 21, 20233 min read

Buying a home is cheaper than renting in only 4 U.S. cities. Here's where they are.

There are now only four major metro areas where it's cheaper to buy a home than to rent

Jun 19, 20233 min read

5 Reasons Why Renting Is Better Than Buying

Renting Is Not A Waste Of Money

May 29, 20235 min read

SFR Rental Yields Are Projected to Rise This Year

We take a look at where to find those markets with rising rents.

May 15, 20233 min read

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.

Feb 13, 20234 min read

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

Feb 7, 20232 min read

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

Feb 7, 20234 min read

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

Aug 19, 20222 min read

Regulations Account For 40% Of Multifamily Development Costs

Most developers avoid building where rent controls are in place.

Aug 11, 20222 min read

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.

Mar 24, 20223 min read

Record Share of Americans Say Rents Will Keep Rising This Year

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

Mar 22, 20222 min read

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.

Mar 17, 20221 min read

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.

Mar 14, 20223 min read