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CPI Runs Hot and Multifamily Re-Ignites A 3.5% annual jump in CPI inflation numbers has led investors and experts to rethink their expectations of an interest rate cut in mid-year 2024, but Blackstone’s recent agreement to acquire Apartment Income REIT Corp. for $10 billion could spark greater investment activity in spite of elevated interest rates,…

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…

Fed Doesn’t Blink on Interest Rates While the Federal Reserve has thus far not deviated from its projections of 3 federal funds rate reductions in 2024, it is in no hurry to begin these cuts this month. While current elevated rates are not ideal for multifamily borrowers, multifamily investors with a longer-term view of lower…

Multifamily Market Warms Up Positive rent growth is taking hold in 2024, with multiple sources reporting increased rent growth after a lengthy cooldown period. Elevated apartment supply is expected to put a limit on rent growth, but these early signs of strength in the multifamily market could bring apartment fundamentals much closer to pre-pandemic averages…

A Long Road for Rent Growth After an extended slowdown that lasted nearly 6 months, rent growth has begun to turn around. After record-breaking rent growth of 2021 and early 2022, a correction that began in late 2022 and continued through 2023 kept rent growth well below historical averages, but recent reports have shown some…

Multifamily Forecasts Converge toward Optimism As we move further from the uncertainty and rent growth stagnation of 2023, an increasing number of sources are finding room for optimism in the multifamily investment market. A looming drop-off in multifamily supply, the consequence of a interest-rate-driven decline in new construction projects, has become a central part of…

Apartment Fundamentals Are Improving The apartment market is improving markedly from a renter’s perspective, and there are promising signs of long-term apartment market strength from an investor’s perspective as well. For renters, lower rent-to-income levels indicate that apartments are becoming increasingly affordable as wages outpace rents, and the increased apartment supply should continue this trend.…

Could Multifamily Crash? Really? This month’s inflation report came in slightly higher than expected, causing some worry that the much-anticipated interest rate cuts from the Fed may not arrive as quickly as previously thought. A “higher for longer” environment is one reason why some are pessimistic about multifamily in 2024, but there is little evidence…

Multifamily Investment Picture Keeps Improving Compared to the prevailing uncertainties of 2023, a better view of the multifamily market and its driving forces points to increased investment activity as the year progresses. Significant challenges remain for apartment operators in 2024, but greater clarity on apartment construction, interest rates, housing demand, and the economy, alongside pent-up…

Are We Underestimating Apartment Demand? The enormous amount of apartment supply expected this year should temper any expectations of apartment demand, but newly-published research on the topic argues that U.S. housing needs are far larger than can be addressed even with the historic amount of multifamily completions last year and forecasted for this year. On…