COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE'S ECONOMIC ADVISORS

All five NYC boroughs outpaced national annual rent growth through September. The Bronx led both annual gains and recent momentum, while Queens was the only borough below the US momentum reading.

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.