Monday, October 21, 2013

Apartment Markets Retreat in Third Quarter NMHC Survey via NMHC

All four indexes of the National Multi Housing Council’s (NMHC) October Survey of Apartment Market Conditions dipped below 50 for the first time since July 2009. Market Tightness (46), Sales Volume (46), Equity Financing (39) and Debt Financing (41) all indicated declining conditions from the previous quarter.

“After four years of almost continuous improvement across all indicators, apartment markets have taken a small step back,” said Mark Obrinsky, NMHC’s Vice President of Research and Chief Economist. “Conditions cannot continue to improve indefinitely and new development is at least somewhat constrained by available capital—though more on the equity than the debt side. Even so, both the Market Tightness and Sales Volume Index are within hailing distance of the breakeven level and the Debt Financing Index rose despite some rise in interest rates. This bodes well for the apartment industry going forward.”

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