Apparently fears of the apartment market slowing were overblown, according to a recent report from RealPage's MPF Research.
Rent growth accelerated to 4.7 percent in 2014, the highest figure since 2011. Usually the pace of rent growth slows after the first couple of years of a cycle, but this upturn is behaving differently, driven by strong job growth in higher-paying jobs in 2014.
“The overall economic performance was stronger than typical at this stage of the recovery,” said MPF Research vice president Greg Willett. “Job production went up 20 to 25 percent over the previous three or four years. In past years, 60 percent of those jobs were in low-paying industries. In 2014, 60 percent of those jobs were in higher paying industries.”
Read more...What Slowdown? Rent Growth Accelerated in 2014 | Multifamily Executive Magazine
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