Industry Analysis

Renters love their pets—and pet-friendly policies are becoming a powerful differentiator in multifamily housing. From attracting and retaining residents to reducing administrative burdens and capturing lost pet revenue, effective pet management strategies can directly strengthen NOI. Foxen’s PetClear streamlines pet verification, simplifies compliance, and helps property owners maximize performance.

We’re proud to introduce PetClear, our newest solution designed to simplify pet policy management and make communities more pet-friendly, profitable, and compliant. Foxen's VP of Marketing, Carolyn Chapin, sat down with Foxen CEO, Kevin Jacobson, to get the behind-the-scenes story.

Multifamily operators face rising costs, higher insurance premiums, and growing resident expectations. In a Foxen webinar, Kevin Jacobson, Joe McDiffitt, and Jay Parsons shared strategies to protect and grow NOI by treating risk management as an offensive strategy, offering value-driven resident benefits, and leveraging data-driven tools for compliance and investor confidence.

In our recent webinar with Interface Conference Group, Foxen’s captive insurance experts, Kelli Stiles (Chief Legal & Insurance Officer), Pete Kidd (VP of Insurance Solutions), and Ty Specht (Senior Director of Relationship Management), explored why multifamily operators need to rethink risk management.

Learn strategies to reduce risk and drive NOI in a competitive market in our latest webinar, featuring industry expert and Rental Housing Economist Jay Parsons, with insights from Foxen's President Kevin Jacobson and Coastal Ridge Real Estate’s Managing Director of Property Management, Joe McDiffitt.

Apartment demand has been strong in 2025. Remarkably strong. And yet rents remain flat nationally – and after showing some upward momentum earlier in the year, they have actually begun decelerating. Why? Will demand stay strong in the second half of 2025? And will rents finally rebound? Take a deep dive with Jay Parsons into apartment leasing and rent trends in the second half of 2025.