The Radix Review: Multifamily Trends Explained
Covering the latest trends in multifamily housing, demographics, and economic insights, built off real time analytics at the property, submarket and market level.
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Demand Holds Level with Last Year as the Rent Gap Narrows
Multifamily Operational ResultsThe national multifamily market held its ground during the week ending September 6, with annual comparisons continuing to tighten as the calendar turns past peak season. Average U.S. occupancy was 94...
Demand Fully Recovers as Occupancy Nears Year-Ago Levels
Multifamily Operational ResultsThe national multifamily market remained stable during the week ending September 6, with year-over-year comparisons continuing to improve as the industry moves beyond peak leasing season. Average U.S...
Demand Holds Strong as Occupancy Stabilizes
Multifamily Operational ResultsThe national multifamily market showed signs of stabilization during the week ending August 23, with occupancy recovering a portion of the prior week's decline. Average U.S. occupancy increased 10 ba...
Leasing Holds Firm While Occupancy Softens
The national multifamily market softened during the week ending August 16, driven primarily by a broad decline in occupancy. Average U.S. occupancy fell 46 basis points week over week to 94.36%, and now sits 36 basis points below the same perio...
Leasing Firms to a Stretch High as Fundamentals Hold
The national multifamily picture held its footing in the week of August 9, with leasing continuing to build even as the other metrics leveled off. As of August 9, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.83%, essentially flat on the week and up 9...
Rents Resume Firming as Leasing Hits Its Best Pace
The national multifamily picture strengthened broadly in the week of August 2, with rents and leasing both picking up as occupancy held above last year. As of August 2, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.86%, up 4 basis points on the week a...
Occupancy Holds Above Last Year as Leasing Firms
The national multifamily picture held its ground in the week of July 26, with occupancy staying above last year for a second straight week. As of July 26, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.82 percent, essentially flat on the week and up 29...
Occupancy Jumps Above Last Year as Rents Soften
The national multifamily picture took a clear step up in the week of July 19, led by a notable jump in occupancy. As of July 19, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.85 percent, up 49 basis points from the prior week and now 39 basis points a...
Occupancy Firms as Annual Gaps Continue to Narrow
The national multifamily picture kept improving in the week of July 12, with occupancy firming to its best annual comparison in recent weeks. As of July 12, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.37%, up 9 basis points from the prior week and d...
Metrics Hold Steady as Annual Gaps Narrow Into July
The national multifamily picture held steady in the week of July 5, with the gap to last year continuing to close on most metrics. For much of the spring, the annual comparisons had been improving week by week as this year's numbers caught up t...
Rent Momentum Cools as Annual Gap Widens Again
The national multifamily picture settled back this week after last week's jump, with occupancy holding roughly steady. As of June 28, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.24%, essentially flat on the week and down 29 basis points from a year ...
Rents Post Strongest Weekly Gain as Annual Gap Narrows
The national multifamily picture strengthened in the week of June 21, with momentum building across nearly every metric. As of June 21, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.32%, up 6 basis points from the prior week and down just 25 basis poi...
Annual Rent Declines Ease as Occupancy Holds Steady
Multifamily Operational Results The national multifamily picture stayed stable in the week of June 14, with a small encouraging shift underneath the surface. As of June 14, the average U.S. occupancy rate was 94.26%, up 3 basis poin...
Occupancy Holds Steady While Rents Stay Under Pressure
Multifamily Operational Results The national multifamily picture held steady to open June, with occupancy ticking up slightly on the week even as the annual comparison stayed soft. As of June 7, the average U.S. occupancy rat...
Occupancy Inches Up, But Rent Growth Stays Under Pressure
The multifamily market closed out May on a note of quiet resilience. Occupancy nudged higher for the week, the year-over-year gap continued to narrow, and leasing activity held steady. The rent side remains the story that operators are watching...
Rent Softens as Leasing Season Holds Steady
The national occupancy rate held at 94.20% for the week of May 24, up one basis point from the prior week. The leased percentage came in at 96.22%, also edging up five basis points week over week. Both metrics remain below last year's pace, dow...
Gas Prices Bite as Rent Growth Hits Its Best Level of the Year
Markets strengthened this week following the U.S.-China trade truce, but rising fuel costs continue to pressure renter affordability, an important dynamic heading into the peak of leasing season.Energy and Inflation: AAA reports the...
Trade Truce Lifts Markets, but Renters Still Feel the Squeeze
Economic HeadlinesA temporary U.S.-China trade truce announced this week sent markets sharply higher, offering the first sustained relief investors have seen in months. The good news stopped there for most consumers, though, as th...
Energy Costs Remain Elevated as Geopolitical Uncertainty Persists
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to drive the economic narrative, keeping energy costs painfully high for consumers and complicating the outlook for inflation and interest rates heading into peak leasing season.For rente...
Millennials are Confident, but Layoffs Jump
The Conference Board’s April 28 release showed that adults under 35 are the only group with rising confidence. If you're looking for some optimism for multifamily, this provides a promising outlook for the sector’s vital demographic, eve...
Metro Job Data Confirms Demand Shortfall
For years, 2026 was circled on the calendar as the year multifamily metrics would roar back. However, metro-level job data suggests the recovery is being stifled by the demand side of the equation. Despite supply becoming less of a challenge, j...
Inflation Spikes and Housing Rebound Stalls
The latest data is finally showing us the real-world impact of the "war shock," with skyrocketing oil prices officially putting an end to the recent cooling trend in inflation. Between those rising costs at the pump and a housing market that re...
Occupancy Growth Muted in Early Q2
The U.S. labor market bounced back in March to reverse February's losses. While the headline was positive, the U.S. has not posted consecutive months of job gains since April and May 2025. A bad month of growth has followed a good one the past ...
