National Economic

12Apr 2022

It’s tough to keep moving forward if you don’t consider what is waiting to trip you up. There are usually multiple ways to look at anything. In the case of the Yardi Matrix National Multifamily Report for March 2022, you could emulate the late lyricist Johnny Mercer: accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and don’t […]

26Jan 2022

YardiMatrix predicts that rents will still remain elevated, with gains of around 4.8% over the course of the year. Multifamily rent growth is expected to moderate in 2022, after a year in which national asking rents were up 13.5%.  New research from YardiMatrix predicts that rents will still remain elevated, with gains of around 4.8% over the […]

14Sep 2021

Property prices grew in 24 of the 25 markets over the quarter with only New York and San Francisco showing price decreases. Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index trended positive in the second quarter, buoyed by rising net operating incomes and low interest rates. The index is up 0.7% quarterly and 2.6% annually, while […]

11Apr 2017
Freddie Mac's March 2017 survey indicates that more renters than ever are staying put, even when rents increase.

Despite rising financial confidence, more residents than ever are planning to continue renting for the foreseeable future, even if there is a rent increase says data released Monday in the Freddie Mac “Profile of Today’s Renter Multifamily Renter Research”. Many Won’t Move, Even If Rents Go Up The survey, conducted by the multifamily sector of […]