Data analytics, virtual touring and leasing, document management and other real estate tech tools continue to mature as more investors adopt them.
Even with a tick up in homeownership, the percentage of apartments that are vacant has not risen much since the pandemic began.
Supermarkets, drugstores and bank branches have been the most reliable retail tenants through the pandemic.
In addition to the pandemic, some blame the rise of co-working space and growing tenant demand for greater flexibility for driving shorter lease terms.
David Howard, executive director of the National Rental Home Council, comes on the podcast to discuss how the single-family rental market has evolved and why the space has thrived amid the pandemic.
The impediment to more office transactions in the market has been a dearth of core-plus properties for sale.
“While we all want to protect health, we also have to fund our mandates,” says MBA’s policy head Mike Flood.
