This short video explains how changing demographics and COVID-19 have strengthened demand for single-family rentals.
This brief Arbor Realty Trust – Chandan Economics video explains why even with the challenges of COVID-19, the small multifamily sector is poised for future growth.
Arbor’s summer intern, Reagan Coats, won an award for her blog describing her experience in Fannie Mae’s Future Housing Leaders program. Read more about her experience here.
This Arbor Realty Trust – Chandan Economics article gives insights into why small multifamily cap rates are holding steady.
This article explains why despite coronovirus-related headwinds, multifamily continues to weather the storm, remaining a stable asset class.
The multifamily market felt the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter. Rent growth slowed and sales volume declined, although the sector has shown resiliency as compared with other sectors.
This Arbor Realty Trust – Chandan Economics article delves into an analysis of multifamily rent collections based on tenant income.
Annualized small multifamily lending volume hit $53.1 billion in the second quarter. Here’s a quick look at Q2 2020 small multifamily investment benchmarks.
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With larger units and more suburban locations, a larger share of small buildings serve renters with children.
Mention Millennials, and the first thing many tend to picture is a young adult who has ‘failed to launch’.
While the broader market’s attention has been focused on Millennials living in large, high-amenity properties, the data on the age of renters and where they reside hold some surprises.
The balance of amenities and affordability are arguably the most important drivers for a renter’s choice of location. As rent growth has outpaced wage growth, the issue of apartment affordability has acquired new urgency.
Our previous look at the demographics driving apartment demand focused primarily on younger renters — let’s now look at the other end of the age spectrum.
Will demand for small apartment assets in suburban corridors increase as aging millennials leaves cities looking for value, space and schools?
It turns out you can rent a two-bedroom in a small apartment property for less than a studio in a large property. Is this a value proposition for multifamily investors?
There’s a seemingly endless stream of new metrics being used to assess the multifamily market during its current run as the preferred real estate investment class. Let’s take a closer look at Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Catering to families and other larger households, 2- and 3-bedroom units are well represented in small apartment assets.
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.