Today's volatile housing market features lower than typical transaction volume, mortgage rates that are 300 basis points higher than one year ago, prices that have slowly begun to slide lower, and limited inventory of available homes.

A recent report from Northmarq suggests that these factors are restricting consumers' ability to transition from renting to owning, which in turn, is supporting demand for single-family rentals.

After all, single-family built-to-rent communities compete with for-sale housing as much as they do with traditional apartments.

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