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Explore the latest industry news, feature releases, and leasing best practices. Produced by the RentEngine research team.

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Announcing: Command Center 2.0

Announcing: Command Center 2.0

Command Center 2.0 is here, with a new Board view for working your pipeline, urgent tasks pinned to the top of your Inbox, and email conversations alongside your texts and calls.
Sep 30, 2026
Introducing Command Center 2.0: See Every Prospect by Stage in RentEngine

Introducing Command Center 2.0: See Every Prospect by Stage in RentEngine

Command Center 2.0 is live for every RentEngine account. Leasing agents get a Board view by stage, email alongside texts, saved filters, and Broadcast.
Sep 30, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 38

Product Updates: Week 38

Catch every RentEngine update in a new changelog panel, read a note's full edit history right under the note, sync specific Buildium property groups, and check fraud flag status in the Prospect report.
Sep 22, 2026
New Feature
How One Leasing Agent at FIG Property Management Halved Application Processing Time and Doubled Lead Conversion

How One Leasing Agent at FIG Property Management Halved Application Processing Time and Doubled Lead Conversion

The One-Person Leasing Playbook
Sep 17, 2026
Case Studies
Product Updates: Week 37

Product Updates: Week 37

Customize the fields that sync from your PMS, add conditions when approving an application, plus new API functionality.
Sep 16, 2026
New Feature
Announcing: Command Center 2.0

Announcing: Command Center 2.0

Command Center 2.0 is here, with a new Board view for working your pipeline, urgent tasks pinned to the top of your Inbox, and email conversations alongside your texts and calls.
Sep 30, 2026
Introducing Command Center 2.0: See Every Prospect by Stage in RentEngine

Introducing Command Center 2.0: See Every Prospect by Stage in RentEngine

Command Center 2.0 is live for every RentEngine account. Leasing agents get a Board view by stage, email alongside texts, saved filters, and Broadcast.
Sep 30, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 38

Product Updates: Week 38

Catch every RentEngine update in a new changelog panel, read a note's full edit history right under the note, sync specific Buildium property groups, and check fraud flag status in the Prospect report.
Sep 22, 2026
New Feature
How One Leasing Agent at FIG Property Management Halved Application Processing Time and Doubled Lead Conversion

How One Leasing Agent at FIG Property Management Halved Application Processing Time and Doubled Lead Conversion

The One-Person Leasing Playbook
Sep 17, 2026
Case Studies
Product Updates: Week 37

Product Updates: Week 37

Customize the fields that sync from your PMS, add conditions when approving an application, plus new API functionality.
Sep 16, 2026
New Feature
Announcing: Intelligence 3.0

Announcing: Intelligence 3.0

New agent performance dashboard, custom KPI scorecards, scheduled reports, tons of new filters, and activity heatmap
Sep 09, 2026
New Feature
How One Leasing Agent Handles Leasing for Most of Stratton Vantage's 1600 Properties

How One Leasing Agent Handles Leasing for Most of Stratton Vantage's 1600 Properties

The One-Agent Leasing Playbook
Sep 07, 2026
Case Studies
Product Updates: Week 35

Product Updates: Week 35

Record and transcribe calls between your team and prospects, and set how early a self-guided access code works.
Sep 02, 2026
New Feature
How RentEngine supports multifamily communities: self-guided tours, cross-selling, and building-level branding for property managers

How RentEngine supports multifamily communities: self-guided tours, cross-selling, and building-level branding for property managers

Leasing Office Hours recap — August 20, 2026
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Aug 31, 2026
Leasing Office Hours
RentEngine MCP: Connect Your Leasing Data to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and More

RentEngine MCP: Connect Your Leasing Data to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and More

Connect the RentEngine MCP to your AI assistant, then ask it to pull comps, analyze applicants, schedule showings, and more in plain English.
Ni
Aug 26, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 34

Product Updates: Week 34

RentEngine MCP connects to your AI assistant, collect rental applications for off-market units, and log showings held outside RentEngine.
Ni
Aug 26, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 33

Product Updates: Week 33

Live tour assistant, security deposit ranges, instantly filtered matching listings and customize who gets notified for unregistered leads.
Aug 19, 2026
New Feature
How Howzer Property Management Runs Single-Family and Multifamily Leasing in One System

How Howzer Property Management Runs Single-Family and Multifamily Leasing in One System

The Mixed-Portfolio Leasing Playbook
Aug 18, 2026
Case Studies
Leasing software pricing: per-unit, per listing, per-seat, and per-application explained

Leasing software pricing: per-unit, per listing, per-seat, and per-application explained

How leasing software is priced in 2026: compare per-unit, per-seat, and per-application models, plus the add-on fees to check before you choose.
Ni
Aug 16, 2026
Leasing Tools
Product Updates: Week 32

Product Updates: Week 32

Instantly translate messages inside the Command Center, self-touring prospects can tour a new unit in one tap, plus more application and reporting updates.
Aug 12, 2026
New Feature
New Integration: RentEngine & monday.com

New Integration: RentEngine & monday.com

Connect RentEngine to monday.com to sync your leasing performance data directly to your team’s workspace.
Aug 12, 2026
New Feature
RentEngine Q2 2026 Leasing Data: Days on Market Drops Below 30 for Scattered-Site Property Managers

RentEngine Q2 2026 Leasing Data: Days on Market Drops Below 30 for Scattered-Site Property Managers

Q2 2026 SFR leasing data: record lead volume, DOM below 30 days, and AI now resolving 55% of applications without a human. Get the full report.
Aug 07, 2026
Market Analysis
Product Updates: Week 31

Product Updates: Week 31

Situation-based coupon codes for applications, persistent follow-ups for missing documents, special offer mass texts, and smarter Command Center search.
Ni
Aug 05, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Multifamily Leasing

Product Updates: Multifamily Leasing

Multifamily communities get their own settings hub, community-level defaults, and a self-guided tour flow that cross-sells the whole building.
Ni
Jul 29, 2026
New Feature
New Integration: RentEngine & PropertyManagement.com

New Integration: RentEngine & PropertyManagement.com

Connect RentEngine to PropertyManagement.com to automatically sync verified leasing performance metrics and earn the Speedy Leasing certification.
Jul 23, 2026
Industry News
Product Updates: Week 29

Product Updates: Week 29

Accompanied showings can now run as video tours, Fraud Guard gains new flags and holds, and applications open up to international applicants.
Ni
Jul 22, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 28

Product Updates: Week 28

Market Tool sets your comp filters automatically, new fraud prevention settings, and showing types can change after a showing is booked.
Ni
Jul 15, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 27

Product Updates: Week 27

Reference checks now carry the applicant's signed permission, the Agent Performance report adds five new columns, and Market Tool picks up year built on comp listings.
Ni
Jul 08, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 26

Product Updates: Week 26

New activity indicators on rental applications, auto-saved Market Tool searches and price drop history, and Google Tag Manager tracking for ad attribution.
Ni
Jul 01, 2026
New Feature
Introducing Fraud Guard 2.0: AI Document Forensics and Behavioral Fraud Detection

Introducing Fraud Guard 2.0: AI Document Forensics and Behavioral Fraud Detection

Fraud Guard 2.0 is live: AI-powered ID forensics, behavioral fraud detection, and the full seven-layer protection stack
Ni
Jun 24, 2026
New Feature
New integration: RentEngine & Kijiji

New integration: RentEngine & Kijiji

Canadian property managers can now get their vacancies in front of renters on one of the country's most-visited rental platforms.
Ni
Jun 24, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 25

Product Updates: Week 25

New fraud detection forensics, more updates to RentEngine Applications, and a slate of changes to how you manage and edit Properties.
Ni
Jun 24, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 24

Product Updates: Week 24

Handling for unassigned leads, two new Fraud Guard protections against ID scams, the ability to skip sections in rental applications, and a batch of dashboard, mobile, and API improvements.
Ni
Jun 17, 2026
New Feature
New Integration: RentEngine & Rental Beast

New Integration: RentEngine & Rental Beast

RentEngine and Rental Beast Partner to make your listings searchable across MLS networks.
Ni
Jun 11, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 23

Product Updates: Week 23

A new co-signer flow, support for paper applications, customizable owner reports, post-showing feedback forms, and a slate of application and mobile fixes.
Ni
Jun 10, 2026
New Feature
RentEngine's Q1 2026 data breaks down the four latest scam patterns hitting property managers

RentEngine's Q1 2026 data breaks down the four latest scam patterns hitting property managers

Summer is peak season for rental fraud. RentEngine tracked four active scam patterns, including a new victim-led approach that's replaced scammer-led as the dominant method.
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Jun 08, 2026
Market Analysis
Self-guided showings outperform accompanied showings on every metric, according to RentEngine's Q1 2026 leasing data

Self-guided showings outperform accompanied showings on every metric, according to RentEngine's Q1 2026 leasing data

Are self-guided showings better than accompanied showings? Q1 2026 data says yes — on schedule rates, completion rates, days on market, and applications.
Ni
Jun 08, 2026
Market Analysis
Announcing: Market Tool 2.0

Announcing: Market Tool 2.0

Pull rental comps inside RentEngine. Full U.S. rental data, owner reports, API and a lead widget.
Ni
Jun 03, 2026
New Feature
Leasing Office Hours: Market Tool 2.0

Leasing Office Hours: Market Tool 2.0

Catch up on our live Q&A session on rental comps and pricing trends.
Ni
Jun 03, 2026
Leasing Office Hours
RentEngine Named the Category Leader in PropertyManagement.com's 2026 Leasing Software Report

RentEngine Named the Category Leader in PropertyManagement.com's 2026 Leasing Software Report

PropertyManagement.com's 2026 VPI report names RentEngine the leasing software category leader, with the highest support, credibility, and 30-day fill rate
Ni
Jun 02, 2026
Industry News
New Integration: TTLock & RentEngine

New Integration: TTLock & RentEngine

You can now connect any TTLock-enabled device to RentEngine
Ni
May 27, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 21

Product Updates: Week 21

Intelligence APIs, Rental Beast MLS syndication, tenant acceptance flow for showings, owner summary emails for rental applications, and more.
Ni
May 27, 2026
New Feature
New Feature Release: Master Lock Integration

New Feature Release: Master Lock Integration

Master Lock devices now integrate with RentEngine.
Ni
May 27, 2026
New Feature
Q1 2026 Leasing Trends & Benchmarks

Q1 2026 Leasing Trends & Benchmarks

Median lead volume climbed to 22. Days on market held flat at 32. Self-guided showings leased properties 2 days faster, and AI handled 36% of applications without a single human touch.
Ni
May 21, 2026
Market Analysis
Product Updates: Week 20

Product Updates: Week 20

Application-before-showing controls, tenant showing acceptance, application activity logs, office hours for RentEngine AI, and more.
Ni
May 20, 2026
New Feature
Product Updates: Week 19

Product Updates: Week 19

Automatic Google review collection after showings, new Prospects API, calendar subscriptions, MasterLock integration, and more.
Ni
May 13, 2026
New Feature
Zillow Removes Phone Numbers From Free Rental Listings

Zillow Removes Phone Numbers From Free Rental Listings

Phone numbers no longer appear on free Zillow rental listings. Here's what property managers need to know.
Ni
May 07, 2026
Industry News
Product Updates: Week 18

Product Updates: Week 18

Redesigned Rental Applications interface for property managers, dashboard filtering and sorting, a new Section 8 leasing event, faster Command Center loading, and RentEngine AI prompt updates.
Ni
May 06, 2026
New Feature
Leasing Office Hours: RentEngine Rental Applications

Leasing Office Hours: RentEngine Rental Applications

Catch up on our live Q&A session on RentEngine Applications.
Ni
May 05, 2026
Leasing Office Hours
Product Updates: Week 17

Product Updates: Week 17

Structured pet fees, cross-unit piggybacking for multifamily, and application status tracking in the Command Center.
Ni
May 01, 2026
New Feature
Announcing: RentEngine Applications

Announcing: RentEngine Applications

Run your entire leasing workflow in one platform, from new lead to approved application.
Ni
Apr 28, 2026
New Feature
How RPM Blue Sky Scaled to 50 Doors With a Team of Two

How RPM Blue Sky Scaled to 50 Doors With a Team of Two

The AI-Powered Self-Guided Leasing Playbook
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Apr 27, 2026
Case Studies
How McCaw Property Management Doubled Applications in a Down Market

How McCaw Property Management Doubled Applications in a Down Market

The Down Market Leasing Playbook
Ni
Apr 27, 2026
Case Studies

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