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February 10, 2025

Top 10 Multifamily Markets for Rent Growth as of February 2025

Which multifamily markets are expected to post the strongest rent growth in the first quarter of 2025? Major markets in the Midwest and Northeast lead the pack, with a few surprises from other parts of the country.

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January 8, 2025

Multifamily Industry Closes Year with 1% Rent Growth Nationwide

2024 saw a year of minimal rent growth and steady vacancy, despite a dramatic delivery of new supply and rise in demand. Here’s how different markets stacked up.

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October 11, 2024

Supply-Demand Gap Shrinks in Third Quarter

The shrinking gap between multifamily supply and demand in the third quarter comes after nearly two years of decelerating rent growth and high vacancy.

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Multifamily Vacancy Stabilizes in Q2, As Demand Rises

After an upward climb that began in 2022, the multifamily vacancy rate stayed stable in the second quarter of 2024. This is one of a few positive signs for the industry revealed in the latest data from CoStar.

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Rent Growth: Winners and Losers

No longer lagging behind, the Midwest and Northeast are now fighting their way to the top of rent growth charts. How did they end up here, and what’s behind the cloudy outlook for the Sun Belt? Get an overview of the regional and market-level trends, including the top 50 metros.

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Top 12 Multifamily Markets for Rent Growth in Q2 2024

These dozen major markets are outperforming the nation, with asking rents rising by twice or three times the national average in the second quarter of 2024. And bucking regional trends, it’s not just Midwest and Northeast markets that are topping the list this quarter.

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Luxury Properties Continue to Struggle in First Quarter, Despite Upward Demand Creep

The first quarter of 2024 saw renter demand increase, though not by enough to meet historically high supply, especially in the high-end quality class.

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Top 10 Multifamily Markets Facing Largest Rent Declines

These 10 Sun Belt markets are struggling with the greatest year-over-year drops in asking rent in the country. This decline in the first quarter of 2024 is thanks to a mismatch between supply and demand.

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February Rent Growth Remains Sluggish

Rent growth continues to decelerate on both a monthly and annual basis, with only one region of the country seeing a slight uptick compared to January.

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February 12, 2024

Rent Growth Creeps Upward in January

The multifamily industry saw a slight uptick in rent growth in January 2024. The Midwest and Northeast have driven the greatest increases in asking rent, while the South continues to lag behind with declining rents.

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January 10, 2024

Q4 Increase in Demand Still Not Enough to Meet 2023’s High Supply

The multifamily sector closed the year with a few positive signs amid tough market conditions. Despite the flood of excess supply, absorption ticked upwards in late 2023, rising by 122 percent.

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December 19, 2023

Rent Growth Continues to Slip, According to November 2023 Data

The latest rent data from CoStar reveals a slowdown in rent growth across the nation, with a small number of local markets pulling ahead.

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