Renewals, concessions, property management, turn season and resident experience.
Student housing turns thousands of beds in a few weeks. Operators are shifting work earlier, centralizing tracking and digitizing inspections; all vendor figures are labeled vendor-reported or vendor estimate.
Cardinal, Scion and Landmark have centralized parts of leasing. AI now handles most routine inquiries, while specialists take edge cases and parent and guarantor questions.
RealPage data shows 56% of market-rate residents renewed in H1 2026 while renewal rents rose about 3.5% and move-in rents were roughly flat.
Operators are moving verification earlier, centralizing screening and training onsite teams to approve good applicants faster while flagging risky ones.
