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Shrinking apartments no more? Developers adding square footage to new multifamily units

For 10 years, apartments across the United States have been getting smaller as developers focused on expanding common areas in their multifamily projects. This trend,…

Top Gen Z locations in Illinois? Rockford and Evanston, report suggests

While much of the focus on real estate trends from the last decade was about the influence millennials — people born between the early 1980s…

Apartment rents keep growing — but just by a bit

Apartment rents across the country continue to rise. But the rate at which they are increasing is the slowest the sector has seen in 18…

For campus-adjacent housing affordability, Illinois comes out on top

Proximity to campus is the strongest determining factor for where college students decide to live during their time at school, leading to worries about rent…

Is the growth in apartment rents starting to slow?

It's long been a hot topic: How long can the multifamily market stay as strong as it's been? We still don't have an answer, but…

Affordability in tech hubs? You can find it in the Midwest

Cities across the country, and across the Midwest, are scrambling to attract tech businesses. This isn't surprising: These jobs are attractive. With enough of them,…

New study: Number of high-income renters continues to soar

Renters who choose the apartment lifestyle even though they can afford to buy have been a boon to multifamily owners and developers during the last…

Apartment renters paying average of $41 more a month than a year ago

Is demand for new apartment units finally slowing in major cities across the Midwest? There's debate about that. But the latest research from Yardi Matrix…

Multifamily still strong: Monthly apartment rents hit a new high in July

Commercial real estate professionals are wondering when the multifamily market will slow. But the latest research from RENTCafe shows that as of the middle of…

RENTCafe: Apartment construction slows for first time in six years

It's taken six years, but developers are finally slowing down when it comes to building new apartments across the country.

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