The apartment rental sector has fully recovered and is growing, according to the latest findings by the National Association of Realtors®. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said new jobs are the key.  Yun expects the economy to add 2 to 2.5 million jobs both this...

Landlords in California are on notice that they soon may be barred from requiring tenants with pets to declaw or devocalize the animals. The legislature appears close to passing the new law which prohibits a landlord who allows tenants or occupants to have animals on...

Manitoba landlords soon will see some changes to the Residential Tenancies Act.    These changes include a clarification that landlords are required to use prescribed forms when terminating tenancies to ensure that tenants receive important information about their...

An appeals court in New York decided that mold found in an apartment is 'toxic', and that could spell trouble for landlords. Injury attorney Jeffrey Lichtman of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman in New York,  says that the New York appellate court’s recent decision in a...

A landlord in British Columbia was ordered to return a security deposit to tenants who left the unit a mess because of a mistake made during dispute resolution. The tenants had paid a $725 deposit to the landlord when they moved in. Two years later, the tenants left...

The Government of Saskatchewan launched a new Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Rebate that will help add 10,000 new rental units to the province by the end of 2016. This initiative is expected to increase the overall, purpose built rental market by 29 per cent. "We heard...

Landlords may not realize this, but tenants reveal that they often are afraid of their landlords -- so much so that they forgo regular maintenance of the rental property rather than face what could be a bad interaction. The landlord has the most to lose in this...

Landlords and property managers often encourage tenants to buy renters insurance. Some even make it mandatory. To understand why, it helps to take a look at how renters insurance works. When there is an event at the rental property, whether that's a fire, burglary, or...

Findings of a new report released this week show the conservation and environmental impact of sub-metering multi-residential apartment and condominium buildings in Ontario is much larger than previously thought. EnerCare Connections Inc. ("EnerCare Connections"), a...

Q: I just finished unclogging the kitchen drain at my rental property. It's an older unit and the sink does not have a garbage disposal. The tenant was scraping food into the drain and that's what caused the blockage. She claims she did not realize there is no garbage...

A tenant in New Jersey broke her lease and filed a lawsuit against her landlord, claiming her rental home is haunted. The woman, her fiance, and her two children moved into the home six weeks ago, according to a report in the news. Each claims to have witnessed a...