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Economy Watch: Apartment Market Fundamentals Beginning to Shift
The U.S. homeownership rate appears to have stopped falling after more than a decade of declines, according to a recent Apartment List Rentonomics report, which is likely to have implications for multifamily rental properties.
2017 Top 50 Multifamily Development Firms
Our 2017 ranking of the Leading Commercial and Multifamily Developers features a group of firms with wide geographic and sector diversity.
Tampa’s 10 Biggest Multifamily Deals in 2017
As Tampa’s apartment market is going strong and investors show strong interest in the market, Yardi Matrix rounded up the 10 biggest deals of the year.
September 2017
Commentary and data were supplied by a senior economist with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
Rent Growth
The national deceleration on a year-over-year basis continued, with rents up 2.3% nationwide in October, a 30 basis-point decline from September. Rent growth in Houston is up 0.8% year-over-year through October, a 100-basis point improvement over -0.2% in September and the metro’s first positive month since July 2016. Upward of 45,000 apartment units and 100,000 housing units went out of commission as a result of Harvey.
Multifamily Deliveries Slow as Worker Scarcity Increases Construction Times
Longer development periods for multifamily assets could have a substantial impact on the market. Here’s a look at how.
2017 Top 50 Multifamily Owners
While geopolitical, macroeconomic and real estate market uncertainty contributed to a modest slowdown in commercial real estate transaction activity to start off 2017, volume picked up as the year progressed, with prices remaining high and cap rates and interest rates still at historic lows.
August 2017
Commentary and data were supplied by a senior economist with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
Rent Growth
U.S. monthly rents were flat in September, remaining at $1,354, yet they continue to decelerate on a year-over-year basis. Rents were up 2.2% nationwide in September, a 10-basis-point decline from August. After a strong first half, in which average rents grew by $33, they experienced a summer slowdown, increasing by only $1 in the third quarter.
Economy Watch: HQ2 Could Raise Rents in Some Apartment Markets
Smaller metros with lower wage growth or constrained housing stocks could see rents rise the most from the Amazon HQ2, notes a new Apartment List report.