{"id":211,"date":"2026-05-26T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:07:11","slug":"private-equity-companies-buy-more-apartment-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Private equity companies buy more apartment units"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>Private equity firms own nearly 3 million apartment units, about 13% of the total apartments across the country, according to a new <\/span><span>analysis<\/span><span> from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=209\">Whatley backs Trump\u2019s $1.8B \u2018anti-weaponization fund\u2019 despite GOP revolt on Capitol Hill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>And most have been fairly recent purchases. The companies acquired more than 1.7 million of those, or 57%, since 2018, and about 45% of them since 2021, the report found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More than two-thirds of those units are located in just 10 states: Texas, Florida, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, New York, Arizona, Virginia and Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Texas has the highest number of private equity-owned apartments, the analysis said, with more than 1,900 properties and nearly 580,000 units.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>North Carolina settles with Greystar in AI rent-fixing lawsuit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xz9f9xo6ep\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnewsline.com\/briefs\/north-carolina-settles-with-greystar-in-ai-rent-fixing-lawsuit\/embed\/#?secret=gIV3CAktt4#?secret=xz9f9xo6ep\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cNorth Carolina settles with Greystar in AI rent-fixing lawsuit\u201d \u2014 NC Newsline\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>Private equity firms own nearly 1 in 3 apartment units in Georgia and almost 1 in 4 in North Carolina, the report found.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=207\">Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Private equity firms use pooled investments from funds, endowments and wealthy individuals to buy a controlling stake in a company, try to maximize its value \u2014 often by cutting costs \u2014 and then sell it at a profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The metropolitan areas of Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas-Fort Worth; and Orlando, Florida, have private equity ownership shares above 30%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Many of the states with the highest private equity ownership also have seen some of the largest increases in \u201ccost-burdened\u201d renters, the report said, meaning they spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities. Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Texas and Florida were among the six states with the biggest increases in such renters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira can be reached at <\/span><\/i><i><span><span>[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/span><\/i><i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes NC Newsline, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=205\">NC Budget and Tax Center director Alexandra Sirota on the problematic new constitutional amendments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private equity firms own nearly 3 million apartment units, about 13% of the total apartments across the country, according to a new analysis from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project. 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