Greystar opens the door for modular housing in the US

Greystar opened its first modular apartment complex in Pennsylvania this week. Experts say the multi-billion dollar company’s foray into modular building signals a significant shift into the practice in the U.S. Continue reading

America’s wealthiest real estate billionaires in 2023

From multifamily unit holdings to industrial properties, some of real estate’s wealthiest billionaires made out better than others this year. Collectively, Forbes’ list of the 25 wealthiest real estate tycoons are worth about $139 billion. Continue reading

Renters sue RealPage for allegedly driving up rents through ‘cartel’

Agreements between RealPage and some of the biggest apartment owners in the country drove up the cost of rent, which amounted to an illegal conspiracy that drove rents to all-time highs, the lawsuit alleges. Continue reading

RealPage software may have pushed US rents sky high, new report says

The report, out Friday from news non-profit ProPublica, focuses on YieldStar, a piece of software the property management company says on its website is geared toward “optimizing rent pricing.” Continue reading