Tagged: rentals

Monthly savings gap is delaying purchase activity but building future borrower demand

Record pipeline of 90,000+ units and looming office loan maturities reshape urban housing supply while opening construction and adaptive reuse financing opportunities for lenders

Despite rising rents and wages, record-high home prices are compressing profitability for single-family rental investors across much of the country

Single-family rent growth slowed to near 15-year lows in late 2025, with declining rents in many major metros as rising vacancies and shifting demand gave renters greater pricing leverage

A new Realtor.com report shows rental vacancy rising to 7.6% and median rents falling for the 29th straight month, signaling a broad shift toward a more renter-friendly U.S. housing market

Fannie Mae grew its multifamily financing 34% in 2025 to $74 billion, surpassing $500 billion in total volume as affordable housing, small loans, and delegated underwriting activity expanded nationwide

Large multifamily buildings have overtaken single-family homes as the largest share of U.S. rental housing, reflecting pandemic-era construction trends, constrained SFR supply, and a growing apartment overhang that is reshaping rental market dynamics

Single-family rent growth has slowed to its weakest pace in more than a decade, as persistent affordability challenges linger despite easing market pressures

Single-family rent growth has slowed, signaling easing rental pressure in many markets and potential shifts in borrower demand, underwriting assumptions, and purchase opportunities for mortgage originators

Atlas VMS has launched Atlas STR Insight, an STR-specific appraisal form that uses specialized short-term rental data and analytics to give Non-QM lenders more accurate valuations and risk assessments for STR properties