Nashville’s Strong Fundamentals Spur New Construction [Video]
With occupancy rates in good shape across the board, and with rent growth at unusually high levels, new apartment construction in Nashville is ramping up quickly.
With occupancy rates in good shape across the board, and with rent growth at unusually high levels, new apartment construction in Nashville is ramping up quickly.
Baltimore ranks among the nation’s most stable apartment market performers. Occupancy generally remains very solid, and rent growth typically comes in at good but not spectacular levels.
Detroit has found itself in an unfamiliar place – ranking in the nation’s top quartile for rent growth. That’s come as a result of improved occupancy rates, which stem from surprisingly strong job growth.
Orlando has seen a big jump in tourism, and that’s contributed to improved apartment market fundamentals – especially at the bottom end of the market.
The Raleigh apartment market is performing very well right now and is offering quite attractive economic prospects and renter demographics, but investors should be aware that the growth pace probably is nearing its peak for the cycle.
Los Angeles had the best 1st quarter performance among the Southern California markets, and that brought occupancy to the fully recovered point. But rents still have some climbing to do to get back to pre-recession highs.
For the first time in two decades, all of Ohio’s big six apartment markets have occupancy rates at or above the U.S. average.
It’s been a couple quarters or so since we’ve shined the spotlight on the Las Vegas apartment market. Unfortunately, there’s still not much that’s good to say.
Austin still ranks among the nation’s leaders with year-over-year rent growth of 6.5%, but apartment fundamentals have eased back a bit in the past couple quarters.
Vacancies are few in Beantown, and rent growth is plentiful. After not recording year-over-year rent growth above 3% at any point from 2002 to 2010, Boston is now showing a hike of 8.1% — third-highest in the country.