Apartments.com Publishes Multifamily Rent Report for First Quarter of 2024
04 April 2024 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Today, Apartments.com – a CoStar Group online marketplace –
released an in-depth report of multifamily rent trends for the
first quarter of 2024.
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U.S. Apartment Rent Growth (Graphic:
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The U.S. multifamily market staged a strong rebound in demand
during the first quarter of 2024, as 104,400 units were absorbed,
the highest number since the third quarter of 2021. While the
increase in demand was impressive, it was still overwhelmed by the
140,000 new units delivered in the last quarter. This supply-demand
imbalance increased the vacancy rate from an upwardly revised 7.7%
at the end of December 2023 to 7.8% in March 2024, marking the
tenth consecutive quarter in which supply outpaced demand. However,
the ten-basis-point rise in vacancy is the smallest seen over the
past ten quarters.
The national average annual asking rent rose by 0.7% in March
compared to 0.8% in the two prior months. Since mid-2023, annual
rent growth has been hovering around 1% after rapid deceleration in
2021 and 2022. Month-over-month rent growth was 0.3% in all three
months of the quarter.
Midwest and Northeast markets have avoided oversupply conditions
and maintained solid rent growth over the year at 2.2% and 1.3%,
respectively. Markets in the West closely matched the nation as
weak demand mixed with limited completions have kept rent growth
restrained but positive. Still, continued oversupply conditions in
the South have kept rent growth in negative territory.
At 3.4%, Louisville ended the first quarter with the strongest
annual asking rent growth of the top 50 markets nationwide, with
Northern New Jersey and Cleveland close behind. The top 10
best-performing markets for yearly rent growth are all in the
Midwest or the Northeast.
At the opposite end of the scale, rents fell by 5.7% over the
past 12 months in Austin. Jacksonville, Raleigh, Atlanta, and San
Antonio were not far behind, with annual rent losses ranging from
3.6% to 3.0%. With supply-demand imbalances still challenging, nine
of the bottom ten performing markets are in the South.
Absorption was led by 4&5-Star units, with just over 88,000
units in the quarter. But with most new supply aimed at the luxury
market, annual asking rent growth remained negative in that segment
and finished March at -0.3%. This decline contrasts with mid-priced
assets that benefited from rising demand for 3-Star properties,
where net absorption increased from 10,000 units in the fourth
quarter of 2023 to 27,000 units in the first quarter of 2024,
helping keep rent growth positive at 1.3%. Improving consumer
confidence, lower inflation, and sustained economic expansion all
helped boost 3-Star demand.
Demand for 1&2-Star properties remains the weakest of all
market segments, with two and a half years of negative absorption.
Households at this price point struggle with higher housing costs
and the elevated costs of everyday items, pushing some to seek
alternative housing solutions such as moving in with roommates or
returning to the family home.
After completions of multifamily units reached a 40-year record
in 2023, this year may offer the multifamily market a chance to
catch its breath. The multifamily market is projected to add only
495,000 units in 2024, a 20% pullback from the prior year. However,
property operations going into 2024 could vary widely depending on
the market and the price point. Markets in the South and luxury
properties remain most at risk for weakness throughout 2024 due to
oversupply conditions, while Midwest and Northeast locations and
mid-priced 3-star properties could outperform.
This news release includes "forward-looking statements"
including, without limitation, statements regarding CoStar's
expectations or beliefs regarding the future. These statements are
based upon current beliefs and are subject to many risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from these statements. The following factors, among others, could
cause or contribute to such differences: the risk that new unit
deliveries do not occur when expected, or at all; and the risk that
multifamily vacancy rates are not as expected. More information
about potential factors that could cause results to differ
materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, those stated in CoStar’s filings
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including in CoStar’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2023, which is filed with the SEC, including in the
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Matthew Blocher CoStar Group (202) 346-6775
mblocher@costargroup.com
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