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October 26, 2026

Q3 2026 Rental Market Report: Rents Stabilize as Leasing Speeds Up

The national rental market stabilized in Q3 2026. Rents held steady, leasing hit its fastest pace since Q2 2024, concessions plateaued near 4 in 10 listings, and the rent vs. buy gap widened to $911 a month.

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For Agents
August 20, 2026

Your Next Buyer Is Probably Renting

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Rental Beast
For Agents
July 30, 2026

The Buyer Conversion Blueprint: How Real Estate Agents Can Turn Today's Renters into Tomorrow's Homebuyers

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Rental Beast

Rental Beast in the News

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Rental Beast Expands MLSOK Integration With Add/Edit Tools for Rental Listings

Rental Beast Expands RenterLift to Help MLS Members Turn Today's Renters into Tomorrow's Buyers 

New Partnership Between Rental Beast and Inside Real Estate Simplifies Rental Workflows for Agents and Renters

Rental Beast and RentEngine Partner to Bring AI-Powered Leasing to Real Estate Professionals

Rental Beast Partners with Greater Tyler Association of REALTORS® to Deliver Free Tenant Screening to Subscribers

For Agents

For Agents
November 12, 2026

When Your Listing Leases: Get a Brag Kit

Turn on When Your Listing Leases once, and every rental you lease arrives with a ready-to-post Just Rented brag. Here's how the smart brag works and how each lease sets up your next owner conversation.

November 12, 2026

When You List: Get a Marketing Kit

Turn on When You List once, and every new rental listing arrives with ready-to-post content for six channels and a local Market Snapshot. Here's what's in the kit and how to make it yours.

November 12, 2026

Grow Your Business, On Autopilot: Introducing Playbooks

Playbooks turns real rental market activity into ready-to-use marketing kits and market insights, automatically. See how it works and what it means for your brand.

October 29, 2026

Montana's Rental Market: Kalispell and Missoula Heat Up While Helena Holds Steady

Montana rents rose 4.24% year over year as Kalispell flipped from cooling to climbing. Here's what the Q3 data means for MRMLS agents and their clients.

For Property Owners/Managers

For Property Owners/Managers
October 27, 2026

40% of Listings Still Offer Concessions: What Q3 2026 Means for Property Managers

Rental Beast's Q3 2026 national rental data shows faster leasing, flat rents and steady concessions. Here is what it means for property managers heading into Q4.

August 17, 2026

How Data Builds Trust With Property Owners

Owners don't leave over one bad month; they leave when they stop feeling informed. This post breaks down why data-backed pricing and reporting are becoming the real differentiator for property managers in 2026, what vague comps actually cost owners in vacancy and turnover, and how a real comparative market analysis turns "trust me" into a number owners can see for themselves.

August 3, 2026

Sacramento concessions stay near record lows as three-bedroom rents keep climbing

Sacramento's concession rate held near 21% in Q2 2026, down 41.4% from a year ago, one of the lowest levels in this report, while three-bedroom rents rose 3.3% and buying costs $1,447 more per month than renting.

August 3, 2026

Portland, Maine one-bedroom rents surge nearly 20% year-over-year

Portland, Maine, one-bedroom rents jumped 19.5% year-over-year in Q2 2026 even as three-bedroom rents stayed soft, concessions eased, and days on market fell 34.7%.

Reports

Reports
October 27, 2026

40% of Listings Still Offer Concessions: What Q3 2026 Means for Property Managers

Rental Beast's Q3 2026 national rental data shows faster leasing, flat rents and steady concessions. Here is what it means for property managers heading into Q4.

October 26, 2026

Q3 2026 Rental Market Report: Rents Stabilize as Leasing Speeds Up

The national rental market stabilized in Q3 2026. Rents held steady, leasing hit its fastest pace since Q2 2024, concessions plateaued near 4 in 10 listings, and the rent vs. buy gap widened to $911 a month.

October 26, 2026

Phoenix concessions stay above 60% as leasing slows

Phoenix rentals took 25 days to lease in Q3 2026, 63.0% of listings offered a concession, and buying cost $1,044 more per month than renting.

October 26, 2026

Oklahoma City rentals lease faster as concessions fall for a third straight quarter

Oklahoma City rentals leased in 16 days in Q3 2026, concessions fell to 28.9%, and buying cost $762 more per month than renting.

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