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    Multifamily conferences still ahead in the second half of 2026

    Multifamily Dive has apartment pros covered with a full list of upcoming rental housing events, expos and meetings.

    Updated June 26, 2026
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    Smart access in retrofit properties: How class B and C communities can compete with class A properties

    How smart access retrofits help Class B & C properties boost NOI and rival Class A.

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    Thompson Thrift launches up to $230M partnership to develop six projects

    The vehicle will develop class A properties across Colorado, Kentucky, Arizona and Nevada, plus its first multifamily project in Montana.

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    Why this Illinois owner entered property management

    T2 Capital Management has hired Kairos Living alum Tyler Yates to lead Base Living, its new operations group.

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    Pittsburgh eyes quicker permitting with virtual inspections and a ‘fast lane’ for low-risk projects

    The first set of changes "will help applicants spend less time waiting and more time getting projects done," Mayor Corey O'Connor said.

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    RealPage, states tussle over federal rent price-fixing settlement

    The software firm and two landlords argued that RealPage’s 2025 settlement with the federal government resolves the states’ claims against them, but the states disagree.

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    Vivmark boosted August sales, but apartment prices fell 4.7% YOY

    As the “merger of equals” closed, transaction volume jumped 402% YOY to $80.5 billion, but individual trades continue to slump.

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    536 Mission high-rise coming to downtown San Francisco

    It’s one of the first new towers to be greenlit in SF since the pandemic, as the city’s artificial intelligence-related boom draws new workers amid limited housing supply.

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    RREEF Property Trust to liquidate CRE holdings

    The firm, which has a pair of apartment properties, “never got scale and they never gained traction,” as smaller, nontraded REITs continue to face challenges, according to Robert A. Stanger & Co.’s Michael Covello.

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    Wallick names senior vice president of asset management

    Newly promoted Jeannie Clayton said the “future of affordable housing will require innovation, collaboration, and persistence.”

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    Middle-income tenants increasingly struggle to pay rent, utilities: Urban Institute

    “Rental insecurity is creeping into these higher income levels,” according to one researcher, and that’s going to put “pressure on the people that are most vulnerable in the rental market.”

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    More high-rises could be coming to 7 California cities under housing density bill

    The bill would prevent major cities from limiting residential building heights to under 150 feet in new transit hub districts. It's awaiting the governor's signature.

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    Blackfin, Enterprise Community Partners team up for Nashville deal

    As supply wears off in Music City, the firms secured Brookridge Apartments, a 177-unit, garden-style multifamily community in Tennessee’s Antioch submarket.

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    Daniel Management Group names VP of property management

    Lauren Evett, who told Multifamily Dive she uses events to highlight properties' "incredible amenities," will set the strategic direction for DMG’s assets in her new role.

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    How one family firm went from the carnival business to more than 17,000 apartment units

    Westland Real Estate Group traces its history to the California State Fair, but now it's one of the biggest players in Las Vegas, according to CFO Shimon Greenspan.

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    TruAmerica’s Bay Area buy, plus 6 other trades you may have missed last week

    Bell Partners and Standard Real Estate Investments are among the multifamily players that announced acquisitions over the past seven days.

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    Trump nominates new HUD assistant secretary

    Matt Jones is currently deputy assistant secretary for single-family housing at HUD and has a deep background in mortgage finance.

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    Multifamily starts plummeted nearly 16% in August

    The number of new apartments coming online also fell dramatically from the same period last year, per HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.

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    Advice from apartment pros you might have missed

    Multifamily experts offer insight on navigating artificial intelligence, volatile financing, affordability pressure, federal policy changes and more.

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    Multifamily experts react to Fed’s first rate hike in 3 years

    Apartment leaders are watching Treasury rates, though the central bank’s increase will “keep the current malaise slogging along,” said Eastham Capital’s Matthew Rosenthal.

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    Mass timber student housing building tops out near Ohio State

    Using glulam columns and beams, the construction team was able to reach the milestone nearly 10 weeks ahead of schedule.

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    Multifamily CMBS servicing rate declined, delinquencies stayed flat in August: Trepp

    CRED iQ also reported that delinquencies on bank-held loans fell in Q2. However, some investors say lenders are growing more aggressive in working out problem loans.

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    Sares Regis Group of Northern California names co-CEOs

    Drew Hudacek and Dave Hopkins step into new roles at the firm at a time when the rental market in Northern California is booming and ripe for development.

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    When a legal win becomes a business loss: The new reality of AI-assisted tenant litigation

    Artificial intelligence is shifting the dynamics of disputes where a tenant represents themself in court, and apartment operators should adjust accordingly, according to a real estate lawyer.

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    IRT’s purchase of Centerspace driven by scale, diversification

    The acquisition gives Independence Realty Trust a bigger foothold outside of the Sun Belt and provides a “vindication of the Midwest,” per one analyst.

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    MAA, JBG to pay DC $9.3M total to settle RealPage case

    The two settlements will resolve the Washington, D.C. attorney general’s antitrust lawsuit alleging that the landlords illegally conspired to inflate rents in the capital.