Matrix Reports
Yardi Matrix: Fever Pitch—Atlanta Demand Heats Up
Atlanta’s multifamily market benefits from a diversified economy, a healthy development pipeline and high investor demand.
Rent Growth
Rents were up 2.8% nationwide in February, down 40 basis points from January and roughly half the 5.5% growth rate of a year ago.
Yardi Matrix: Houston’s Shaky Economy
Houston’s multifamily market is still reeling from the oil price collapse in 2015, which resulted in thousands of job cuts and slowing investment activity.
Matrix Monthly: February Rent Growth Scores Love-Love
While rent growth remained stagnant during February, Yardi Matrix’s latest monthly report assures that strong fundamentals and the promise of a growing economy bode well for the industry.
Yardi Matrix: Cooling Rents—Austin’s City Limits
The city’s multifamily market continues to be a hotbed of activity, despite a growing sense of caution that rents and development are beginning to decelerate.
Yardi Matrix: Salt Lake’s Mountainous Rise
Utah’s largest city is in the midst of a boom—driven by robust employment and population growth—that is producing healthy demand for housing.
Rent Growth
Rents were up 4.6% nationwide in January, a 30-basis-point increase from December, though still 240 basis points below the recent high of 7.0% in January 2016.
Yardi Matrix: Sacramento’s Capital Appreciation
As the only remaining metro with year-over-year rent growth in double figures, Sacramento seems unfazed by the national downward trend.
Matrix Monthly: Rents Jump $5 in January
With a few exceptions, rent growth continues to be driven from highly populated metros in the West and South.