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At PorchLight Rental & Destination Services, we respond to our renters’ requests for environmentally friendly housing options and connect them with green housing initiatives across the country. Whether they’re moving to a new city for work or transitioning to a new stage in life, we want to help clients find a rental home that aligns with their values and supports …
IF THEY BUILD IT – RENTERS WILL WIN
Guess What?… More good news for renters hits the presses. PorchLight continues to monitor trends to better serve everything rental and looks like 2024 is building up to be the break renters have been looking for but how? Check out what MONEY is predicting: Here’s How Far Home Prices and Mortgage Rates Could Drop in 2024 By: Mary Ellen …
RENTERS REJOICE
February 27, 2024 5 ways in 5 minutes to see why homeownership isn’t the only way to build wealth. Long gone are the days of the only path to building long-lasting wealth and stability residing in owning a home. With relentless home-buying obstacles like still-high inflation, interest rates, and low supply – renters can seek comfort in their rental journey …
Human Service vs Tech Service
A recent read in ROBOMOP was quite shocking. Tons of facts and figures about BIG name industry giants, like Amazon, testing humanoid robots. They dangle arms and legs. They never get tired. Profit margins will be noticeable, etc. BUT NOT A WORD ABOUT SERVICE. As we navigate these changing times and an employment world of uncertainty – literally and figuratively …
Follow the Leaders
Last year was special. PorchLight’s 20-year Anniversary. We had such fun reminiscing and revisiting what it took to hit this milestone. Thank you for coming along for the ride. 2024 we’d like to celebrate leadership: A big part of how those two decades happened. It is my pleasure to kick off our “Follow the Leaders” initiative with our very own …
Homeless But Not Hopeless
At PorchLight, sometimes we are asked to find the impossible. Our proven track record of working with our clients until a rental is secured has made us the most trusted name in rental and destination services throughout the U.S. and Canada. Recently, we needed to think out-of- the-norm and help those in desperate need. PorchLight, again, rose to the challenge: …
FINALLY, RENTAL JUNK FEE CRACKDOWN
Well, it’s about time. July marked the first step to cracking down on junk fees so many renters have been facing. Repeated rental application fees. Surprise convenience fees. The “who-knows-what-it’s-for” fees that appear during the rental process that for years renters have faced and just had to accept. The Biden-Harris Administration outlined concrete steps in their effort to create fee …
“UNDER-SERVED” NOT “UNDESERVED”
Wasn’t it great seeing and hearing from Larry Gersch again? Here at PorchLight, we sure enjoyed all your comments and know you too miss working with him, his smiling face, and unrelenting professionalism. Seems as if retirement suits him and he’s loving his hard-earned free time. If you missed Larry, no worries CLICK HERE. If you want to hear more …
What can we expect for 2023?
After a year of 17.6% rent increases in 2021, American renters saw rental rates begin to slow in 2022. According to realtor.com: Rents are still higher than they were a year ago, but the gains are shrinking, as landlords lose pricing power in the face of inflation. Rents in October, 2022, rose 4.7% compared with October 2021, the slowest annual …
U.S. Rental Trends for 2022
The U.S. rental market continues to transition following the initial outbreak of the pandemic. The mass exodus from the expensive metropolitan cities in 2020, and people seeking larger spaces and more affordable monthly rents, caused an upheaval in the housing market. During that time, rental rates in traditionally expensive cities such as San Francisco, New York, and Boston drastically fell …