Demand for rental apartments climbed in the second quarter of the year, up 11% from a year earlier. So reports CNBC, citing data from real estate software vendor RealPage.

California and Hawaii are by far the states with the highest average mortgage debt. So reports 24/7 Wall Street, drawing on 2017 data from Experian and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Stearns Holdings has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after what is said was an agreement to stay in operation and preserve jobs. So report Bloomberg and USA Today.