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As we continue our expanded coverage of multifamily markets in 2016, we have vastly expanded the number of properties we survey by incorporating the California properties. California has by far the most multifamily properties of any state, though with a preponderance of smaller unit properties it does not have the most multifamily units. We are…

This has been a very busy year for ALN Apartment Data! Since January, ALN has added 16 markets in in our flagship service, ALN OnLine, with many, many more coming on soon! And now that we’ve completed the entire first half of 2016, it’s time to check in on our markets and give a progress…

In the last few years we have seen a once-in-a-generation surge in multifamily new construction. This is also one of the few times where the new construction has not just been centered on one region of the country. We are even seeing new activity in markets like Memphis and New Orleans that have, until recently,…

We started tracking multifamily occupancy rates for Salt Lake City in 2013, and starting this year we have been tracking rents as well. Overall market conditions have been favorable for multifamily for some time now. Unemployment is well below the national average, even briefly dipping below 3% at the end of 2015. Currently we are…

Though it may not look like it, 2016 may turn out to be a lot more challenging for multifamily than in recent years past. New construction has run rampant in many markets and while absorption continues to be positive the rate of growth is slowing in many markets. As a victim of their own success,…

Let me ask you one question: “Does a huge iron and steel plant or a shipyard need a corporate website?” Someone will answer that it doesn’t since there is no…