Ballooning costs in the for-sale housing market have served as an adrenaline shot for apartment demand, driving valuations up. However, ablation pummels the construction industry, and the development pipeline still can’t keep up.
Multifamily assets appeal to some investors due to their liquidity — or how fast the property can be sold at market value. Additionally, multifamily properties provide a consistent income stream through tenant rent payments, and the property can often increase in value over time.
Our current challenges in the industry are short-term. The fact remains that housing is significantly undersupplied at a macro level,
The multifamily property industry has shown this resilience through five recessions in the last forty years while also surviving a global pandemic that crippled many other sectors. What strategies are owners and operators in the multifamily industry employing today to maintain their profit margins in the face of volatile economic times?
One of the biggest suburban apartment landlords in the U.S. and one of the most active dealmakers in the Chicago area spent nearly $23 million to acquire a vintage Naperville asset
Whether there is a recession in commercial real estate — or whether one is coming for the U.S. economy — depends on where you’re standing.