COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE'S ECONOMIC ADVISORS

The week ahead in rental housing: the Fed decision and Q3 GDP, plus new findings on apartment financing, concessions, rent growth, and landlord collections.

Three takeaways from NMHC’s October 2026 survey: financing conditions deteriorated, apartment sales slowed, and rental conditions softened more modestly.

October 2026 rent collection trends show modest, uneven improvement: on-time payments reached 83.2%, up 68 basis points year over year for a third consecutive annual gain. Chandan Economics and RentRedi examine payment performance across rental housing property types and states.