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Lifestyle Renters Put a New Spin on The American Dream

Four in 10 renters in large multifamily apartment communities do not envision homeownership as a part of their American Dream, a survey by Entrata recently found. Instead, lifestyle renters opt for newly constructed, high-quality rental housing with many of the typical amenities of homeownership without its traditional downsides.

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Single-Family Rental Investment Snapshot — January 2025

The structural strengths of the single-family rentals sector far outweigh cyclical headwinds as it remains well-positioned to build on its momentum in 2025 and beyond.

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Multifamily Households Set Yet Another Record

Multifamily households reached a new high for the third consecutive year in 2023, extending a growth spurt that began after the 2008 housing crisis. With strong tailwinds at its back, multifamily’s latest record may not stand for very long.

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Arbor’s Top Articles of 2024: Multifamily Investment Opportunities Emerge

The U.S. multifamily market held steady in a more normalized cycle during 2024, following the pandemic-related economic contraction and its rapid recovery. Rental demand remained strong, driven by the ongoing nationwide housing shortage and robust wage growth, as younger generations continued to embrace lifestyle renting.

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Government Shutdown: What Multifamily Borrowers Need to Know

Unless an 11th-hour agreement is reached, an impasse will trigger the first U.S. government shutdown since 2019. Starting December 21, 2024, many non-essential federal government operations will be limited or suspended, but most multifamily financing activities will not be disrupted.

Current Reports

Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report Q4 2024

With home prices nearing all-time highs, single-family rental (SFR) housing is uniquely positioned to capture an even larger slice of the for-sale market. As structured capital markets rebound, SFR will benefit from a set of tailwinds that include robust levels of new construction and favorable trends in cap rates and debt yields. Arbor’s Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, shows why this sector’s prospects are so strong.

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Arbor Sponsors LGBTQIA+ Career Growth Events

Building on an organizational commitment to the inclusion of individuals from all backgrounds, Arbor — in partnership with the Real Estate Pride Council and Dr. Sam Chandan, Founder of Chandan Economics, Founding Director, NYU Stern School of Business C.H. Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance, and Co-Chair of the Real Estate Pride Council — hosted a speed networking event in Manhattan on November 20 for local LGBTQIA+ students and commercial real estate mentors.

Analysis

Small Multifamily Investment Snapshot — December 2024

Small multifamily continued to moderate through the midpoint of 2024, amid strong demand despite an elevated interest rate environment and rising property-level yields.

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Las Vegas Multifamily Market Snapshot — Q3 2021

November 12, 2021

Aerial view of Las Vegas strip in Nevada in the early evening, with vibrantly colored fountain and the Eiffel Tower with-in the forefront.

In the third quarter of 2021, the Las Vegas multifamily market once again stood out as one of the nation’s top performers. According to Moody’s Analytics REIS, the average effective rent increased 14.1%, ranking among the top markets. The vacancy rate settled the quarter at 3.0%, well below the national average of 4.6%.

The market also remained an attractive destination for investment capital. Real Capital Analytics reported that sales volume picked up rapidly in the middle of 2021, after a brief pause at the onset of the pandemic, and was on pace to approach 2019’s record high. Cap rates also continued to decline, falling to 4.6%, and remained lower than the U.S. average cap rate of 4.7%.

Las Vegas rose to the top of our Arbor-Chandan Large Multifamily Opportunity Matrix in 2021, driven by its rapidly recovering hospitality sector. The market appears to be work-from-home resilient, given its tourism-centric economy and a high share workers employed in the leisure and hospitality sector.

Here’s a look at the Las Vegas multifamily market benchmarks for Q3 2021.

Learn more about how Las Vegas rose to the top of the Arbor-Chandan Large Multifamily Opportunity Matrix in our 2021 Top Markets for Large Multifamily Investment Report.