Market Insights Articles

A college-town rental lives or dies in one three-to-four-week window before fall semester. Here's the sprint playbook — plus a sober look at the demographic cliff that starts in 2026.

The junk-fee fight you know from airlines and concert tickets just reached rental housing — and the self-managing landlord with a $50 'admin fee' is now personally exposed. Here's the one test that sorts a legitimate fee from junk.

The Fed held rates at 3.50-3.75% last week and signaled one cut this year, maybe. Mortgage rates are at 6.25%. Here is how to stop planning around rate cuts and start optimizing at today's rates.

Zillow data shows accidental landlords hit a three-year high. Here is what that wave of new rental supply means for existing self-managing landlords and how to stay ahead.

Wall Street is exiting single-family rentals — purchases down 90%, net sellers for six straight quarters. But their exit isn't a warning. It's a signal about scale economics that actually favors you.