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Rents dropped for the fourth months in a row, and major cities are losing population to secondary markets.

Residents may be amassing credit card debt in order to pay rent.

Most inventory added in Q2 since 2017, with strong absorption rates and slight increase in rents. Sales have slowed to a crawl, but Colliers sees "a conglomerate of deals" once pandemic conditions improve.

Landlords typically hesitate to lower rents during the early days of an economic downturn.

Prior to the pandemic, the national rental price growth had been a stable 3%.

One of Atlanta's shining stars is the Class A office market, which experienced the most positive activity in the second quarter.

The frequency of senior housing M&As and deal values were down in Q2, according to public data collected by Irving Levin Associates. The publisher also noted M&A deals may continue to falter before it rebounds.

In its latest report detailing the second quarter of 2020, RCA says COVID-19 hit certain real estate sectors harder than others.