HUD has announced three Plano, Texas landlords will pay damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees totaling $140,649 for violating the Fair Housing Act after refusing to rent to a Black woman because of her race.
Read More »Under Threat: The Environment and America’s Rental Market
Owning a home is the gold-standard of housing security. But for those who cannot afford to buy, they rent—and as of late, the market share of renters has steadily risen in light of new housing trends that started two years ...
Read More »Investor Market Share Hits Record High
A new report has found that nearly 20% of all home purchases in Q4 2021 were investment properties, a record high for this metric.
Read More »Single-Family Rental Prices Slow This Spring
SFR prices decelerated among all price levels this spring, but they continued to grow in most major metros.
Read More »Individual Investors Dominate Rental Market
While 73% of small rental properties are owned by private investors, how many of these properties are single-family?
Read More »SFR’s Place in the Housing Market
How has rental growth matched up against the rest of the housing industry?
Read More »Investment Update: Low-Tier Rents Outpacing High-Tier Homes
According to a new report, impacts from state and local shutdowns on the rental market will be apparent in the coming months.
Read More »How Best to Avoid Landlord Mortgage Delinquency
Lawmakers and housing experts differ on the best ways to help struggling renters while balancing investor needs.
Read More »More Opportunities for Real Estate Investors
According to some experts, investment opportunities are on the way, but not quite there yet.
Read More »Low-End Rentals Driving Inventory Increases
Already-low rental home inventory, relative to increased demand, drove the rental vacancy rate on one-unit homes down to 5.2%, which was the lowest one-unit rental vacancy rate since 1995.
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