Tag: apartment demand
Renewed consumer confidence boosts apartment demand
As 2023 comes to a close and inflation eases a bit, consumer confidence has rebounded, according to two December surveys. Renewed consumer...
RealPage compares markets by strength of lease-up absorption
Comparing markets by strength of apartment lease-up absorption sheds light on market-adjusted demand. Jay Parsons, RealPage SFV and chief economist, warned earlier this...
Soaring supply flattens rents while demand normalizes
The balance of power in the apartment market has finally shifted, giving renters a lot more options, suggests a Q3 market report...
Apartment demand fell in 2022
RealPage’s Early Edition report for Q4 2022 sums up key apartment absorption measures for 2022 and looks ahead to what we can expect for...
Apartment demand smashes previous record
Demand for market-rate apartments in 2021 soared far above the highest levels on record in the three decades RealPage has tracked the market. Net...
Yardi Matrix talks COVID-19 and multifamily
On April 1, Yardi Matrix held a webinar to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the multifamily housing industry. The webinar ran...
Older households drive rentals
Demand for rentals has been increasing across the board, according to the Pew Research Center. Since 2001, the share of households that rent has increased...
Apartment Market Update
Two new reports on the state of the multifamily housing market in June have been released. The reports by Apartment List and by RealPage...
Will the love affair with apartments continue?
The apartment industry continued to lift the economy last month with a 19.7 percent surge in apartment construction according to government data released last...
Needed: 4.6 million new apartments by 2030
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has released the 2018 Consumer Housing Insights Survey, alongside an in-depth trends report, Disruption: How Demographics, Psychographics, and...
Demand surge puts Houston on top in 4Q
Houston was the nation’s leader for apartment demand in 4th quarter 2017 as a flurry of leasing activity following Hurricane Harvey drove up the...
When something’s just not right
The problem these developers face is another type of shortage; finding qualified manpower. Like many of those in the trades, construction managers and designers...
Apartment construction surges
The number of permits to build apartments jumped to a three-year high in October. In 12 months, they've surged 63 percent. Blame the housing bust,...
