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SFR Investing: A Guide to Seizing the Sector’s Momentum

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Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q2 2025

While markets undergo rapid recalibration, the small multifamily market’s performance remains strong and stable. Arbor’s Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q2 2025, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, details how the sector’s resilient fundamentals effectively support its growth amid ongoing economic volatility.

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Single-Family Rental Investment Snapshot — Q1 2021

June 10, 2021

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All else equal, 2020 proved to be a banner year for the single-family rental (SFR) sector. Before a real estate product type withstands its first recession, it is impossible to know for sure how it will perform during a downturn. The theory before the pandemic was that SFR was as recession resilient as they come and the past year confirmed just that. As the optionality of the single-family residential market grows to match that of the multifamily/condo space, professional SFR operators have their foot on the gas for what looks like yet another record-setting year Here’s a quick look at the q1 2021 single-family rental finance and investment benchmarks.

Rent growth accelerated to a new historical high of 8.3% in the first quarter of 2021. Occupancy rates across all SFRs averaged 94.5%, after reaching a historical high of 95.3% during the pandemic.

Cap rates began 2021 by ticking up to 6.0% — settling just above their record-low of 5.9% achieved the prior quarter.

For more single-family rental market insights, read our Q1 2021 Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report.