The awards by rental fintech company Obligo celebrate property management partners that treat renters fairly and earn 'positive sentiment at move-out' by renters
As would-be homebuyers opted out of the for-sale market due to harsh market conditions in 2021, renters turned to alternative markets with space and access to nature, a recent year-end study from RentCafe found
Proptech's banner year, a couple long-awaited IPOs, surging rent growth and more — here's all the hot Property Portfolio news that hit the presses in 2021
Package theft is up 36% year over year, to a whopping 210 million stolen packages in the US so far in 2021. Here's how landlords can help their tenants avert potential theft this holiday season
The new funds will go toward hiring, product expansion and the company's movement into adjacent verticals. In total, MeetElise has raised $32 million in funding
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The company's internal research shows aspiring tenants who complete their onboarding survey end up choosing properties that cost 15% more per month
The HBCU Housing Hackathon was a 7-day virtual competition to challenge students to create and pitch tech solutions to help consumers overcome obstacles in finding a home. The winning team was from Morehouse College
Groups that have received federal rental assistance and have not yet used a certain portion of it may soon see the funds revoked by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and redistributed elsewhere
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 9 into law Thursday, legislation that allows up to 4 residential units to be developed on single-family lots throughout the state
After a rocky year-and-a-half due to local and federal eviction moratoriums, most landlords and property managers are finding ways to ensure they pick solid tenants this time around
Renter financial services startup Jetty launched a new flexible rent product to help renters avoid late fees and give financial security to landlords and property managers
RentCheck co-founder Lydia Winkler suggested that property managers be proactive about maintenance to keep tenants happy with a fully returned deposit and avoid headaches in between leases
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Although there's a lot of chatter about an 'eviction tsunami' or 'eviction apocalypse' whenever the federal moratorium ends, the data does not support that fear. Here's a deeper dive
Renters continue to be impacted in very unequal ways by the economic fallout of the pandemic, and one big reason for that is where they live and how their local municipalities are handling the crisis
The court argued that by allowing tenants to self-certify that they're facing economic hardship as a result of the pandemic, New York's COVID eviction ban was unconstitutional