Apartment Demand Faltered in January
Just one month into the new year, there are already interesting developments occurring in multifamily performance.
A Year in Review: 2024 Average Occupancy
The final installment of the ongoing series looking back at various facets of multifamily demand last year is average occupancy. As already discussed, improved apartment demand in 2024 was insufficient to offset generational new supply. This ongoing imbalance was a headwind to rent growth – although it too showed improvement from 2023. The mechanism by which the supply and demand…
A Year in Review: 2024 Rent Growth
One theme of 2024 multifamily performance was that improvement was achieved but with further ground to gain. One metric that typified this theme was rent growth. After a dismal year in 2023, average effective rent growth for new leases took a major step in the right direction last year. All numbers will refer to conventional…
Setting Expectations for 2025 Multifamily Performance
2024 was a key step in the right direction for the multifamily industry. In the face of historic new supply pressure, the decline in national average occupancy was smaller than in 2022 or 2023. Net absorption showed robust annual improvement for a second straight year. Average effective rent growth for new leases more than doubled…
A Year in Review: 2024 Apartment Demand
Next up in the current series looking back at 2024 multifamily performance is apartment demand. If you missed it, be sure to catch up on the article detailing last year’s new supply. All numbers will refer to conventional properties of at least fifty units. Additional market-specific information is available for free when you sign up to…
A Year in Review: 2024 New Supply
Another year is in the books, and before jumping fully into 2025, now is a good time to fully digest 2024 multifamily performance. To that end, we will be looking at 2024 performance across the metrics of new supply, apartment demand, average occupancy and average effective rent over the next few weeks. First up is…
Exploring Violin Plots with Rent Growth Data
A violin plot is an interesting way to visualize quite a bit of information on the same chart, but it also isn’t as intuitive as other types of charts. I thought it might be worthwhile to walk through one looking at average effective rent growth across markets of various sizes from the last twelve months….
Apartment Demand Was a Positive in 2024
Incredibly, another year is about to be in the books. The massive quantity of new multifamily supply this year was arguably the headline metric for 2024. Right behind, though, would be the substantial improvement in apartment demand. This year continued an upward trend that began in 2023, but on a more impressive scale. All numbers…
Market Spotlight: Dallas – Fort Worth
After a challenging couple of years, it appears the Dallas – Fort Worth multifamily market has finally turned the corner. While challenges such as falling occupancy and average effective rent declines remain, clear progress has been made. This progress provides cause for optimism as 2025 rounds into view. All numbers will refer to conventional properties…