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Greg Willett

Greg Willett
Vice President, Research and Analysis, RealPage
greg.willett@propertymanagementinsider.com

Greg Willett heads the research and analysis team at MPF Research, tracking and evaluating trends in multifamily market fundamentals. He thus is well versed on multifamily market conditions and activity nationally, by metro, and in many individual neighborhoods. Greg has written articles for periodicals such as Multifamily Executive, Urban Land, and Multifamily Trends, and is a regular contributor to numerous other publications serving the multifamily housing market. He also serves as the primary author of MPF’s Market Dynamics newsletter that highlights apartment sector news and insights from the MPF Research team of analysts. Greg began his tenure in the multifamily industry as a data analyst and later served as a research consultant specializing in feasibility evaluations of new apartment community development and existing property acquisition. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Liberal Arts degree from Southern Methodist University.

Articles by: Greg Willett

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Cleveland Is Sustaining Great Apartment Occupancy

Despite the Cleveland apartment market’s occupancy premium relative to the national norm, the metro’s rent growth performance is running a bit below the U.S. average.

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Florida Apartment Demand Holds Strong

With Florida apartment demand holding steady at the same time that national demand slowed, the Sunshine State has played an increasingly important role in the nation’s apartment sector results of late.

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Will Oakland Apartments Land on Top?

While San Francisco and San Jose have been trading back and forth the #1 spot for apartment revenue growth during much of the past few years, the neighboring Oakland/East Bay area now is making a strong run for that top position.

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Albuquerque Now Registers Significant Apartment Rent Cuts

It doesn’t take too much digging to identify the biggest challenge in the Albuquerque apartment market right now: as the local economy continues to struggle it’s going to be hard for Albuquerque apartment communities to realize even modest revenue growth.

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It’s a Slow Start for St. Louis Apartment Market in 2013

While most apartment markets across the country display some seasonality in demand, the pattern was especially pronounced in St. Louis where Q4 losses proved so big that progress made earlier this year got wiped out entirely.

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Upward Job Change Revisions Are a Good Sign for Nashville Apartments

If Nashville can maintain its impressive job growth and new construction numbers, there’s a very good chance that occupancy can be sustained at the essentially full mark of about 95%. However, the metro will be challenged to achieve big rent growth.

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Texas Markets Rank Tops Nationally for Apartment Demand

With early job production figures showing the economies in Texas kicking into even higher gear in 2013, it’s no shock to see Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth at the top of the charts for apartment leasing during the year-ending 1st quarter.

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Can San Francisco Cope with a Burst of New Apartments?

San Francisco had just under 5,100 apartments under construction going into 2013. While those additions are more new supply than the metro normally gets, performance momentum should remain strong.

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Virginia Beach Apartments Lack Momentum

Virginia Beach ended 2012 much like it has the past few years: as one of the nation’s weaker apartment market performers.

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Rent Growth Remains Robust in Most of Manhattan

Overall, Manhattan registered some impressive rent growth during 2012. Midtown Manhattan, however, lagged meaningfully behind other areas in overall performance.

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