Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The findings indicate strong confidence in the rental housing market, with landlords prioritizing long-term growth and profitability despite economic and regulatory challenges. landlords plan to acquire new properties this year. But the West lags behind, with only 52% of landlords there planning to buy property this year.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

That means that small landlords – the mom-and-pop investors who own single-family homes for rent or perhaps a small apartment building – are not reflected in NMHC’s statistics. But it’s these landlords that are the most vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19. Why smaller landlords are at risk. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

The federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a powerful tool to help low-income families find apartments they can afford, but the program isn’t reaching its potential because far too few landlords participate in it. Why don’t landlords participate?

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Inman

JANUARY 7, 2025

Greystar Real Estate Partners, Blackstones LivCor and Cushman & Wakefield are among the institutional landlords accused of fixing rental prices to the detriment of "millions" of renters.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Freddie Mac wants to encourage multifamily landlords to report positive rental payments to the credit bureaus to give renters a better shot at qualifying for a mortgage. Esusu, a credit-building fintech, will deliver the on-time rental payment reports from landlords’ property management software to the credit bureaus.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Largely nonprofits, mission-based landlords provide affordable housing as a tool for systemic change, including advancing racial equity, reducing economic disparities, and strengthening community resiliency. Most importantly, mission-based landlords are committed to keep residents housed.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 6, 2025

However, the majority of renters lack access to legal aid that could enable them to defend against wrongful evictions or come to more amicable agreements with landlords. Tenants who are evicted, particularly children, suffer serious long-term repercussions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of cutting rents, some landlords prefer to throw in one-time concessions to attract renters as vacancies rise, according to a new report from Redfin. In such a context, landlords have more vacancies to fill and less leeway to raise prices. “A year ago, you really didn’t see concessions in the market. a year earlier.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sending digital payouts to tenants by email reduces delivery issues experienced by the landlord that result from having an incorrect forwarding address. These errors led to inconvenience for renters, including having to spend time getting the mistake resolvedand 79% said they would avoid renting from the erring landlord again.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

We’re seeing several landlords have increased their rents by 50%. And there are situations where the renter will pay six months in advance or nine months in advance, and now the landlord has to reimburse, and if they don’t, there’s some problems. “And it could even be higher.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A problem with that data so far, Burns said, is that it is difficult to distinguish large institutional buyers from mom-and-pop landlords with a handful of properties, or even how many are single buyers simply purchasing a vacation home. Burns concedes he is still working with the data and, at this point, only has a working hypothesis.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Notably, individual mom-and-pop landlords own almost half of these dwellings, many of which are single-family homes. These landlords often rely on real estate agents to fill vacancies, offering a vital opportunity for MLSs to bridge the gap between rentals and sales and to add valuable services for their members.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

He bought it from an outside landlord who didnt have the local market knowledge or presence needed for property management. New marketplace for motivated sellers That is good news for sellers like Ricardo Sims, the out-of-state landlord who sold the Montgomery properties to Richards via SmartSale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Business Dynamic Statistics data reveal that 2021 was a year of major growth for homebuilders but steep contraction for landlords (called “lessors” in the BDS). Lessors The picture was far less rosy for real estate lessors (typically landlords and real estate investment trusts ) in 2021.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

For those who think being an independent landlord is easy, congratulations youre wrong. Finding the best tenant is an uphill battle for some landlords. How can landlords simplify operations and still turn a profit? Landlords can do that themselves with the right tools. The challenges mount from the jump.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2025

The law, passed last year by the New York City Council , prohibits landlords and real estate brokers from charging prospective tenants for broker services unless the tenant explicitly hired the broker. The provisions are set to take effect June 11.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The company was evicted in May from its office in Southern California, with the landlord seeking unpaid rent of more than $530,000. A consent order signed by a Connecticut banking commissioner said that LoanSnap failed to notify the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) that its main address had changed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

” Kalin closed his session with tailored advice for agents who are assisting landlords, buyers, and tenants with wildfire recovery. Landlords cannot raise rents by more than 10% until then. The property owner needs to consider that nothing will return to being exactly the way it was before.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Telecom assets including macro towers and small cells have long served as a source of recurring revenue for real estate owners and landlords. Generally, the carrier agrees to pay the property owner or landlord monthly rent for use of land or space upon a building.

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Real Estate Landlords Contracts Technology 342

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Arrived wants every average Joe and Jane in America to be a landlord. The post Arrived Homes wants you to be a landlord appeared first on HousingWire. Through Arrived, investors can buy shares in individual single-family rental homes for as little as $100, with the average investment per user coming in around $2,300.

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Landlords Investors Real Estate Investing 368

Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2025

Susie Lee (D) has called on Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to offer transparency when out-of-state landlords purchase foreclosed single-family homes. Citing an issue in which families across Nevada do not have the resources to compete with institutional investors that buy up single-family homes, Rep.

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Real Estate News

JULY 8, 2025

Sellers who are unable to get their preferred home prices can become "accidental landlords," according to a recent report from ATTOM. "Accidental landlord rates matter because they represent more rental supply entering already-competitive markets," Parcl Labs Co-founder Jason Lewris wrote in the report.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 2, 2025

Impact of Mom-and-Pop Investors The report highlights the significant role of small-scale investors, often referred to as mom-and-pop landlords. Despite the slowdown, lower-priced homes remain a battleground for competition between first-time buyers and investors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

An announcement from the company on Thursday also offered any agent, owner or landlord working with displaced residents that it would refund any application fees. The company shared that it will refund application fees for individuals who need to rent property after damage and/or displacement due to the fires.

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Inman

MARCH 13, 2025

Regular property inspections, transparent policies, and a willingness to address concerns create a foundation of trust between landlords and renters, Ryan Barone writes.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2025

The low mortgage rates secured by many homebuyers and those who refinanced during the height of the post-pandemic housing market has led a rising share of accidental landlords, those who choose to rent out their property instead of selling it when they move.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2024

The proposal will rescind unspecified tax breaks to landlords who raise rents by more than 5%, although it would only apply to landlords who own more than 50 rental units. Landlords can receive a number of federal tax deductions. This would cover roughly half of all rental units in the country, according to Post sources.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

The DOJ filed a civil suit against RealPage on Friday, claiming that the company’s YieldStar and AI revenue management (AIRM) software allowed multifamily landlords to artificially inflate rents through the sharing of private information. A DOJ official said that additional landlord defendants could be added to the complaint in the future.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

The moved allows for an interim 17% increase for homeowners, a 15% increase for renters and condo owners, and up to a 38% increase for landlords’ rental dwellings. At a time when severe weather is raising insurer losses, insurance companies cant shoulder as much risk as they have in the past,” Lucas said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But as many as 200 real estate agents , brokerage firms and landlords are alleged to have violated this law by discriminating against applicants with federally subsidized Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, according to an undercover investigation conducted by the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI). ”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2021

Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers. The Department of Housing and Urban Development attempted to crack down on landlord discrimination back in 2018. Christopher Roberts, Zillow senior vice president and general manager of Zillow Rentals, said 49.3%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Invitation Homes , the nation’s largest single-family rental landlord, has reached a settlement to address accusations it violated California ‘s “rent gouging” laws, the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday. million in civil penalties. Californians are facing a housing crisis of epic proportion.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

The attorney generals office said that the California DOJ has sent over 650 price gouging warning letters to hotels and landlords. In that investigation, the California DOJ found that after a couple applied to rent a home, they were informed that the price had increased by 38%. The price gouging restrictions remain in effect until March 8.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

The company partners with institutional landlords, who then offer it to their tenants. The company plans to use the new capital mainly to grow its platform and increase adoption by landlords and renters nationwide. Till launched the analytics-driven platform in April with the goal of reducing evictions by as much as 50 percent.

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Landlords Tenants Property Management Real Estate 459

Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Cutting HUD staff and field offices across the state would prevent landlords and residents from accessing services they need.

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Landlords Inspection Law Development 235

Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Under a lease-purchase arrangement, the property seller also acts as the landlord. For example, the sellers, usually also the landlords, are generally responsible for keeping the property safe and livable for tenants. During the rental period, lease-purchase agreements tend to be governed by state landlord-tenant laws.

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Landlords Tenants Contracts Law 221

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

RENTmaximizer effectively outsources the management of rental pricing from a landlord to Yardi itself, which then implements higher prices collectively across a group of landlords,” the lawsuit alleged. By 2013, the software was used to price 8 million residential units, attorneys for the plaintiffs argued.

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