Posts Tagged ‘reports’

Consumer sentiment is shifting as inflation expectations stabilize and more consumers expect lower interest rates in the next 12 months, but after such a long period of economic uncertainty, confidence in the economy is more difficult to find. In the multifamily market, regional differences in apartment supply continue to impact rent growth, but investment activity…

Commercial real estate investment activity has not changed much since last month’s interest rate reduction from the Federal Reserve (nor has it had much time to adjust), but sales volumes will almost certainly improve in 2025, given the strong investment prospects for CRE assets at the start of a rate cutting cycle. For multifamily apartments,…

Price growth for single family homes is weakening and could slow further through the end of the year, but underlying drivers of housing demand point to stronger growth in 2025. In the apartment market, rent growth in 2024 has followed a similar trajectory as 2023, but as new apartment supply is expected to decline through…

Conditions may not be perfect for multifamily investors right now, but the lending environment and supply/demand fundamentals are lining up for a significant improvements in 2025. With markets currently expecting two more rate cuts before the end of the year, cap rate-interest rate spreads may widen enough to bring more investment activity after a lengthy…

Spencer Gray, Jay Reeder, and Matt Bastnagel of Gray Capital discuss the current multifamily market as well as remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the September 2024 FOMC meeting and press conference.