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Cincinnati, Minneapolis among most in-demand cities for renters in early 2026

With housing prices and mortgage interest rates as high as they are today, it's little surprise that demand for multifamily units remains high across the…

RentCafe report: A surge of affordable apartment units has hit U.S. cities

It might seem difficult to believe for renters searching for low-cost apartment units in major cities, but developers are building afford multifamily units at a…

The top city for apartment conversions in 2024? It was Chicago

Chicago became the top city for apartment conversion projects in 2024, according to the latest research from RentCafe.

Study finds one in 11 U.S. millionaire households chooses to rent instead of buy

You'd think U.S. millionaires would almost always own a home. But a new study shows that a growing number of wealthy people are choosing instead…

Bucking the trend: Most new Milwaukee apartment units are rising in the city’s downtown core

New apartment construction in the Milwaukee market? The majority of it is taking place in the city's downtown core.

Some relief for the office sector? Planned office-to-apartment conversions hit record high

It's a big jump: The number of apartments set to be converted from office spaces has soared from 23,100 in 2022 to a record-setting 70,700…

Pipeline of office-to-apartment conversions expected to hit all-time high in 2025

It's true that converting office space to multifamily buildings is no easy task. But such conversions offer an opportunity for cities to remove outdated or…

Minneapolis ranks as RentCafe’s top rental market to watch in 2025

Which cities are poised to become rental hotspots for tenants searching for new apartments in 2025? According to the latest report from RentCafe, several of…

More room to spread out? Study finds that new apartment units offered significantly more square feet in 2023

Renters looking for more space are in luck: A new report says that the average size of new apartment units in 2023 increased substantially when…

Bring on the new apartment units: The pace of adaptive reuse projects only continues to rise

What to do with outdated office, hotel and other commercial spaces? Many owners are turning these hard-to-lease spaces into apartments. And according to RentCafe's first…

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