Apartment Leasing
Just reading the story is a jaw-dropper: ProPublica, the online independent, nonprofit newsroom that “produces investigative journalism with moral force” is saying that Richardson-based RealPage is using proprietary algorithms to help landlords raise rents, turn profits, and basically screw renters out of affordable housing. The algorithm, dubbed YieldStar, uses several strategies. According to the ProPublica report,…
Read MoreCities in the suburbs have been experiencing faster rent growth than the core cities they surround, a recent analysis by Apartment List confirmed.
Read MoreAccording to a RentCafé study, each McKinney renter has nearly 600 square feet of personal space, which equates to each renter averaging 1.66 rooms all to themselves.
Read MoreYour monthly rental budget is $1,500. How much apartment space can you get in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with that kind of dough? RENTCafé answered that question and offered an even more national perspective in a recent analysis of apartment costs. The nationwide apartment listing service calculated the costs using price per square foot derived…
Read MoreTexas dominates RENTCafé’s study with Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio rankings first through fourth. Houston has 440,000 apartment units, more than Dallas and Austin combined.
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