Arizona Cities See Higher Rents

While Apartment List’s National Rent Index is down 1.4 percent over the last year, rents in Tucson have increased 4.7 percent since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Since March, Tucson’s month-over-month rents are up 0.6 percent, and year-over-year increases total 5.9 percent. Phoenix’s year-over-year growth is 3.3 percent since March. (Source) 

Multifamily Housing Wraps 2019

By Mary Salmonsen for Multifamily Executive The average U.S. multifamily rent fell $3 to $1,473 in November, according to the latest National Multifamily Report by Yardi Matrix. Year-over-Year rent growth fell by 20 basis points, down to 3.1 percent for the month. National rent growth has held at three percent or above since spring 2018, […]

Light Industrial Outshines Mega-warehouses

Source: CBRE Even as the growth of e-commerce has lifted the entire industrial & logistics real estate sector, a sweet spot has emerged: warehouses smaller than 120KSF, according to a new report from CBRE. CBRE analyzed U.S. industrial buildings by size and found that “light industrial” properties outperformed the other property types over the past […]

Phx, National Multifamily Rent Growth Solid for 2018

By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Despite U.S. Multifamily rent growth remaining flat at 3.2 percent in December from November, 2018 proved to be a solid year for multifamily. According to the December 2018 Multifamily National Report from Yardi Matrix, “3.2 percent rent growth slightly exceeded going-in expectations. Despite the recent volatility in the […]

Last LMS of 2018 Discusses Future of Multifamily

By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange As the end of the year rolls around, it’s customary to reflect on the current state of things and look toward the future to see what possibilities lie ahead. This month’s AZBEX Leading Market Series did just that as attendees gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Tempe […]

PHX Strong, Though National Multifamily Dips a Bit

By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange September saw a slight dip in multifamily rents, but the grand picture is still rosy overall. According to the September 2018 Multifamily National Report from Yardi Matrix, “A $1 decline is insignificant, especially at the start of the fall, when rent growth traditionally begins to hibernate for winter. […]