Getting Excited about a “Normal” Market
Markets in the Northeast and the Sun Belt continue to get attention, along with mountain locales like Idaho and Montana, but affordability is a significant draw for Midwestern markets like Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
GO >This Time is Different: Millennials’ Shift from Urban Centers Challenges Back-to-the-City Narrative
Source – Moody’s Analytics: “This Time is Different: A Counter to the Urban Doom Loop Narrative” Mixed-use buildings, “child rearing continues to be delayed into later life,” and “the number of creative professionals, which tend to have a greater proclivity and/or need for urban living, has increased in recent decades” I need to know how…
GO >Assessing Investor Sentiment: A Window Of Opportunity
Source – CBRE: “Assessing Investor Sentiment: A Window Of Opportunity” I believe that CBRE has felt the winds changing. This is more of a follow-up on their recent investor sentiment survey a few weeks ago, but there are some juicy takeaways here. Some solid analysis, and the first sentence of their summary here is 100%…
GO >Biden Administration Takes on Algorithmic “Rent Gouging”
Source – CNBC: “Biden targets ‘rent gouging’ landlords as high housing costs factor into 2024 race” Right up front here, my take on this is that the Biden campaign is lumping rents in with a more generalized critique of corporations raising prices excessively and contributing to inflation. Getting a little deeper—and if we’re talking about…
GO >Podcast: Rental Housing Affordability and Millennial Suburban Migration
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GO >Renting vs. Buying – Suburbs vs. Downtown
Costs for homebuyers have been growing at more than twice the rate as rentals, making renting a more affordable option. Buoyed by recent data on apartment fundamentals multifamily investors are re-entering the market, undaunted by persistent high interest rates, last year’s sluggish rent growth, and projections of elevated supply through the end of 2024.
GO >February 2024 Rental Report: Renting a starter home is more affordable than buying one in all 50 metros
Source – Realtor.com: “February 2024 Rental Report: Renting a starter home is more affordable than buying one in all 50 metros” In every single one of the metros that Realtor.com tracks—every single one—the cost of home ownership is higher than renting. There’s a little bit of strangeness in the title here… “Renting a starter home”?…
GO >Gray Report Newsletter: March 28, 2024
Window of Opportunity for Multifamily Investors? Undaunted by persistent high interest rates, last year’s sluggish rent growth, and projections of elevated supply through the end of 2024, multifamily investors are re-entering the market, buoyed by recent data on apartment fundamentals. Multifamily, the Nation, and the Economy Multifamily, the Nation, and the Economy Owning a Starter…
GO >Podcast: Fed Keeps Rates Steady (and High)—Multifamily Impacts
Listen to the latest episode of The Gray Report Podcast and stay up to date on the most important news and research in the multifamily industry, commercial real estate, and the economy. The Gray Report on Spotify The Gray Report on Google Podcasts The Gray Report on Apple Podcasts
GO >Fed Keeps Rates Steady (and High)—Multifamily Impacts
The Federal Reserve has thus far not deviated from its projections of 3 federal funds rate reductions in 2024, but it is in no hurry to start. While current elevated rates are not ideal for multifamily borrowers, multifamily investors with a longer-term view of the apartment market and housing demand have markedly increased their intentions…
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