Raleigh-Durham Multifamily Report – November 2025
Asking rents are contracting, but occupancy is not flinching in the Research Triangle.
Going into the last quarter of 2025, the Raleigh-Durham multifamily market showed uneven performance, still pressed by the current wave of deliveries. The average advertised asking rent was down 0.3 percent, on a trailing three-month basis as of September, to $1,553. Meanwhile, the occupancy rate in stabilized properties held steady, actually up 10 basis points year-over-year, to 94.0 percent as of August.
Raleigh-Durham employment rose 1.8 percent through July, more than double the national rate. Education and health services led growth, accounting for 6,600 of the 18,000 net positions added to the workforce. The unemployment rate in Durham-Chapel Hill was 3.8 percent as of August, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Raleigh-Cary performed slightly better, at 3.5 percent. UNC Health and Duke Health are building North Carolina’s first standalone children’s hospital in a bedroom community in the Apex town, set to bring 8,000 jobs to the Research Triangle. Construction costs are estimated between $2 million and $3 billion, with groundbreaking slated for 2027.
Developers brought 8,593 units online this year through September, accounting for 4.2 percent of existing stock and nearly double the national pace of deliveries. This came on the heels of last year’s record of 14,487 new units. Meanwhile, Raleigh-Durham transactions reached $721 million for the first three quarters of 2025.
