COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE'S ECONOMIC ADVISORS

This week’s Rental Housing Weekly Briefing examines renewed pressure on apartment valuations alongside continued improvement in mom-and-pop rent collections, even as late-payment pressure remains elevated.

The May 2026 Independent Landlord Rental Performance Report from Chandan Economics and RentRedi shows continued improvement in on-time rent payments across independently operated rental properties. But while full-payment outcomes remain resilient, late-payment pressure is still elevated, pointing to an uneven recovery beneath the surface.

As homeownership becomes increasingly inaccessible for many young households, a growing share of family formation is occurring in the rental market.

This week’s Rental Housing Weekly Briefing examines renewed CPI inflation pressure alongside new analysis of the New York Fed’s SCE Housing Survey, which shows moving expectations falling to new lows.

According to the New York Fed’s 2026 SCE Housing Survey, just 21.7% of Americans expect to move within the next three years. Renters remain more mobile than homeowners, but moving expectations have fallen sharply across tenure, age, income, and education groups.

After months of gradual cooling, CPI’s shelter index nearly doubled its monthly pace in April.

This week’s Rental Housing Weekly Briefing examines the latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey alongside the April jobs report, highlighting stable multifamily credit conditions, improving borrower demand, and a cooling but resilient labor market.

April's jobs report had a muted effect on interest rate projections. Looking further out, however, markets are more split.

Housing insecurity levels in NYC exceed the national average, while racial disparities are wider.