AirBnB – Hotels Launch Campaign Battles

“A campaign, backed by the Hotel Association of New York City Inc. and the union that represents hotel workers, launched a 10-day, 30-second ad that links Airbnb’s short-term rentals to public security threats.”

The battle between hotels and Airbnb escalates in NYC

Atlanta Has Most Single Family Rental Homes

From Green Street Advisors report
The single-family rental (“SFR”) market comprises ~13% of all occupied housing and ~37% of the
total rental market.

http://www.rentalhomecouncil.org/media/Green-Street-Advisors-Single-Family-Rental-Primer.pdf

“The Atlanta area had the highest concentration of rental homes owned by five of the largest single-family-home companies in June 2017”

West Palm Beach Florida Getting 800 New Apartments

Downtown West Palm Beach is set to have 800 new luxury apartments, which some predict will drive rental prices down.

https://therealdeal.com/miami/2017/08/03/west-palm-beach-is-set-for-a-deluge-of-new-apartments-what-will-that-mean-for-the-rental-market/

2000 Apartments Proposed for Newark NJ

Up to 2000 apartments, plus office and retail space are proposed for a failed baseball stadium site in challenged Newark NJ.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-31/newark-to-get-apartments-at-site-of-defunct-baseball-stadiumhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-31/newark-to-get-apartments-at-site-of-defunct-baseball-stadium