Multifamily Absorption Rate Remains Below 50%
The percentage of new apartment units that were absorbed within three months after completion was down five percentage points in the first quarter, according to the Census Bureau’s latest release of t
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NAHB Eye on Housing reports that the multifamily absorption rate has fallen below 50 percent, with newly completed apartment units finding tenants at a pace five percentage points slower than in prior quarters. The Census Bureau's Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Units tracks this metric by counting a unit as absorbed once it secures a signed lease or sale after completion. A sub-fifty-percent reading means the majority of new supply is sitting vacant past the three-month mark, a threshold that signals oversupply, softer demand, or both across the markets surveyed.
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Source: NAHB Eye on Housing, “Multifamily Absorption Rate Remains Below 50%”. Read the original →
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