Today’s multifamily residents want smart-living solutions more than they want covered parking or pools. Here’s what we’re watching.
Category: Rentals
Housing starts increased in October as builder sentiment fell
Housing starts rose 1.9 percent from September to reach a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,372,000.
New Boom API to scale reporting of tenant payments to credit bureaus
Boom’s new product will allow virtually any large-scale property management platform or rent payment gateway to directly embed its payment reporting module for faster, simpler reporting of tenant payment records.
Hotels and Airbnb, Vrbo in heated battle as business travel ramps up
Both hotels and short-term rental companies are vying for customers seeking out extended stays through new offerings as business travel ramps up across the U.S. this fall.
New Western’s marketplace and other solutions to inventory crisis
Retail investors and local landlords offer real estate agents a wide array of options for staying active in a market bereft of traditional inventory, you simply need to know how to connect with them.
Vrbo bookings suffer in Q2 as more travelers opt for hotels in 2023
The popular vacation-rental platform dragged down the results of its parent company Expedia Group in the second quarter of the year, according to an earnings call Thursday.
Los Angeles apartment owners sue over COVID rent freeze
The suit from the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles argues that the city’s rent freeze rule robs property owners of income and due process.
RentRedi’s latest offers increased document flexibility
“We aim to make landlords and their tenants’ lives easier by giving them everything they need, and nothing they don’t,” said RentRedi CEO and co-founder Ryan Barone.
Rentec Direct leverages ChatGPT to market apartment vacancies
Rentec Direct, a property management software firm, uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT to help clients quickly draft marketing content for available rentals, according to the company.
Reputation matters: Rent’s software improves landlords’ online presence
Reputation’s software will be the foundation of RentRep, a unified interface to give users the ability to oversee and empower social media management, listing marketing and online reviews.