16/10/2026
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Deliveries through September: 231,000 units, a 7-year low and down from 435,000 in the same period of 2024, per RealPage.
Absorption year to date: about 450,000 units per CoStar and 345,000 per RealPage. Both exceed new supply.
Vacancy is falling for the first time in nearly 5 years per CoStar. Apartment List shows monthly declines since March.
Rents are up 2.8% year to date and 1.5% year over year per RealPage. Concessions remain sticky.
Austin turned positive on rent growth for the first time in nearly 4 years.
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Cap rates now sit near the 10-year Treasury yield in the low 5s.
The Fedโs latest hike, and the chance of another, leave little room for investors to make the math work.
Expectations for a second-half pickup in transaction volume are gone.
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Improving is not recovered. Rents still trail the pre-COVID trend.
Underwrite rent growth near 2%, not a rebound.
Compare your cap rate to the 10-year yield before you buy or refinance.
Sources: RealPage, CoStar, Apartment List.
๐โ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐คโ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐บ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ธโ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด?