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Annualized small multifamily lending volume reached $59.2 billion in Q4 2019. Here’s a quick look at the quarter’s small multifamily investment and finance benchmarks.

Experts say the private and public sectors must work together to scale construction and provide more affordable housing options.

An estimated 31.2 million households, or 28% of total U.S. households, fell within the workforce segment by year-end 2018. Forty percent of workforce households, or around 12.4 million, are renters.

Year-end 2019 estimates for small multifamily lending volume reached $59.2 billion, beating the prior quarter’s forecast by $1.4 billion and marking the highest level of activity in Chandan Economic’s post-crisis model estimates. Download the Q4 report for key insights on the small multifamily market.

The U.S. multifamily market posted strong results to end 2019, with the fourth quarter seeing 3.7% year-over-year rent growth.

The JCHS 2020 report underscores the national affordable housing crisis. It points to growing numbers of renters with high incomes as well as those who are cost-burdened.

Small multifamily promotes greater accessibility to housing for workforce households than large multifamily. About 62% of all small multifamily households made less than $50,000 annually.

Over the course of the decade, the multifamily real estate market emerged as a premier asset class. Demand was driven not only by the shifting demographics, but also housing affordability issues surrounding escalating prices, limited supply and stagnant wage growth. See our breakdown of the decade’s top-performing multifamily markets.

The natural apartment filtering process of new supply declining in quality and value as it ages has provided low-income renters with access to more affordable housing options. The Great Recession, however, caused a break in the filtering pattern, leaving a shortage of workforce housing supply during this recovery.

While many early technology solutions have been operationally focused, advanced technology like artificial intelligence and data analytics tools now allow owners to focus their efforts on improving the customer experience, panelists noted at the recent NMHC Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.