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    Top multifamily industry conferences in 2026

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

    Updated Jan. 27, 2026
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    Apartment prices rose for the first time since 2022 in February

    Valuations ticked up 0.1%, while multifamily transactions dropped 24% during the month.

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    Alex Jessett replaces Ric Campo as Camden CEO

    As part of its succession plan, Laurie Baker will become the Houston-based REIT’s president and COO, and Benjamin Fraker has been promoted to CFO and treasurer.

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    Opinion

    Why dedicated rental communities are an essential housing supply solution

    The U.S. needs an all-in approach to housing creation, but a single-family rental measure in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would have the opposite effect, Quinn Residences CEO Richard Ross writes.

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    New York City program aims to fast-track affordable housing on city-owned land

    The Neighborhood Builders Fast Track program will cut pre-development timelines for some projects nearly in half, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

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    HUD investigates Washington state housing program

    The agency claims the Covenant Homeownership Program, which aims to remedy historic housing discrimination, may be racially discriminatory toward White people and other groups.

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    Notable apartment deals so far in 2026

    Harbor Group International and Affinius Capital have been among the major multifamily buyers in the first quarter of this year.

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    Why Security Properties is leaving apartment operations

    By jettisoning property management, the Seattle-based company won’t need to build its portfolio around efficiencies and will have a new level of flexibility, says CEO Dan Byrnes.

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    Trump housing order could mean new barriers to federal funding for cities

    Local governments may need to ease zoning and environmental rules to stay eligible for federal support, an attorney says.

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    Century Housing names new CEO

    Affordable housing executive Jacqueline Waggoner, who most recently worked at Enterprise Community Partners, will lead the California-focused nonprofit.

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    More New York, Houston properties move to servicing

    Waterford Grove is the third distressed property in Texas tracked by Morningstar to be transferred due to a tax exemption issue.

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    New Jersey mulls algorithmic rent pricing ban

    State lawmakers recently introduced bills that restrict how landlords can set their rents with the goal of supporting tenants.

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    Investors bullish on housing for older adults

    Demand for senior housing enters 2026 with strong long-term prospects, with overall occupancy high and inventory growth low, per new reports from Partner Valuation Advisors and JLL.

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    3 multifamily developments break ground

    New apartment projects are under construction in Texas, Utah and Virginia.

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    Milwaukee mass timber project, billed as nation’s tallest, reportedly faces foreclosure

    Contractor C.D. Smith Construction is trying to offload the parcel at 1005 N. Edison St. after developer Neutral stopped construction last fall, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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    Office-to-housing conversion initiatives proliferate in California

    State policymakers have been pursuing policy changes that remove barriers to converting older commercial buildings into housing, with mixed success.

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    Security Properties exits property management

    The Seattle-based firm will send half of its properties to Bozzuto, as it focuses on its core strengths as a real estate investor.

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    Opinion

    Universities are the structural lever America’s housing policy is missing

    Aligning university land, patient capital and federal incentives with the regulatory progress already underway can unlock housing supply in markets that need it most, writes one expert.

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    How housing policy reform drove down rents in Austin, Texas

    Removing regulatory barriers and subsidizing affordable housing helped clear the way for 120,000 new homes in the city between 2015 and 2024, according to Pew.

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    The Fed holds rates steady yet again

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said implications of developments in the Middle East for the U.S. economy are uncertain, though they weren’t the only drivers of inflation.

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    RealPage names first fintech chief

    Zahir Khoja will head financial services innovation and strategy for the real estate software and analytics giant.

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    Harbor Group International buys 11-property portfolio for $562M

    The Norfolk, Virginia-based owner purchased the portfolio from REIT AH Realty Trust, which is divesting its apartment holdings and focusing on targeted retail opportunities.

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    Why Middleburg decided to look west

    Chris Finlay explains the region has “some of the most acute versions” of the national supply imbalance, as the firm eyes Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas.

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    Could transit agency-owned land help solve California’s housing problem?

    A new study identified nearly 3,000 parcels suitable for affordable housing development.

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    Multifamily rents flat in February

    Economic trends signal softness heading into the spring leasing season and raise the possibility that 2026 could be a weak year for rent growth, per a new report from Yardi Matrix.