Across the country more people are choosing to rent, rather than buy.
High speed internet and safe delivery of packages are two renter demands that today’s apartment property manager must meet.
Preliminary findings show that cap rates tightened in recent quarters for multifamily properties backed by small balance loans. The spread between cap rates on small and large properties also narrowed.
While Portland took the top spot with annual rent growth of 12.0%, seven of the top 25 MSAs for apartment rent growth in 2015 were in California.
Catering to families and other larger households, 2- and 3-bedroom units are well represented in small apartment assets.
Elite Apartment Coaching’s Chris Urso walks us through the basics of apartment deal analysis for financing.
You’ve probably heard that you make your money on the buy in real estate. While this holds true for multifamily, you maximize your investment and keep your money when you have a good manager in place.
Sam Chandan walks us through three key considerations for deciding whether to invest in small (5 to 50 unit) or large (50+ unit) apartment assets.
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As the generation behind Millennials, known as Gen Z, begins to reach adulthood, the apartment market seems ready for a reset. Property managers will need to adjust their strategies to maintain their assets’ appeal.
Small balance multifamily loan volume, which includes loans between $1 million and $5 million, reached $51.7 billion in 2018, the highest level of activity in Chandan Economics’ post-financial crisis estimates. Here’s a quick look at the small balance multifamily finance and investment benchmarks for Q4 2018.
The renewed economic and cultural dynamism of smaller U.S. metros has pulled apartment rents up, while the housing crisis in the Golden State remains unrelenting. Of the 10 metros that showed the highest average rent increases for small apartment buildings, the majority comprised medium-sized urban centers.
Despite significant pressure from rising interest rates through most of 2018, the small balance multifamily market ended the year strong, with consistent liquidity and borrowing capacity. Whether the macroeconomic and real estate cycles continue to lengthen or begin to see a modest pullback, the multifamily sector is poised to outperform other property types.
Multifamily owners and managers gathered for a panel at the NMHC Apartment Strategies Outlook Conference in San Diego to discuss the strategies they’re implementing to attract the right employees and entice them to stay with the organization for the long term.
Speaking at the National Multifamily Housing Council’s 2019 Apartment Strategies Outlook Conference, MIT AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin discussed how population shifts and changing generational behaviors could be the greatest disruptor for the housing market.
California included four of the five most expensive metros in the nation for apartment rentals, across both small and large asset multifamily.
Small asset multifamily has displayed sound price fundamentals, with year-end 2017 average rent growth maintaining the upward trend of the previous year, according to the latest Census data. Small apartment buildings offer a unique blend of urban-core proximity and relatively larger apartment unit sizes.
When analyzing the top markets for rental growth in the context of market segment peers, smaller metros registered impressive gains in both small and large multifamily as a share of total rental inventory, according to the latest American Community Survey data.
Rental inventory growth for year-end 2017 showed a clear contrast between the largest and smallest U.S. metros, with the latter displaying a greater increase in small asset multifamily inventory.