NMHC on Apartments: "Looser market conditions for the tenth consecutive quarter"
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NMHC on Apartments: "Looser market conditions for the tenth consecutive quarter" Excerpt: From the NMHC: Apartment Market Experiences Loosening Conditions, Decreased Deal Flow and Less Available Financing to Start the New YearApartment market conditions declined in the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC’s) most recent Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. All four indices – Market Tightness (40), Sales Volume (41), Equity Financing (48) and Debt Financing (32) – came in below the breakeven level (50), signaling less favorable conditions this quarter. ...• The Market Tightness Index came in at 40 this quarter – below the breakeven level of 50 – indicating looser market conditions for the tenth consecutive quarter. Slightly over half (52%) of respondents thought market conditions were unchanged relative to three months ago, while a third of respondents thought conditions have become looser. Fourteen percent of respondents reported tighter market conditions than three months prior.This index has been an excellent leading indicator for rents and vacancy rates, and this suggests higher vacancy rates and a further weakness in asking rents. This is the tenth consecutive quarter with looser conditions than the previous quarter.There is much more in the article.
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From the NMHC: Apartment Market Experiences Loosening Conditions, Decreased Deal Flow and Less Available Financing to Start the New YearThere is much more in the article.Apartment market conditions declined in the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (NMHC’s) most recent Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. All four indices – Market Tightness (40), Sales Volume (41), Equity Financing (48) and Debt Financing (32) – came in below the breakeven level (50), signaling less favorable conditions this quarter.This index has been an excellent leading indicator for rents and vacancy rates, and this suggests higher vacancy rates and a further weakness in asking rents. This is the tenth consecutive quarter with looser conditions than the previous quarter.
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• The Market Tightness Index came in at 40 this quarter – below the breakeven level of 50 – indicating looser market conditions for the tenth consecutive quarter. Slightly over half (52%) of respondents thought market conditions were unchanged relative to three months ago, while a third of respondents thought conditions have become looser. Fourteen percent of respondents reported tighter market conditions than three months prior.
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