Amid Higher-for-Longer Mortgage Rates, Multifamily Pros Find a Silver Lining
Why this matters
Multifamily has been the most actively underwritten sector through the rate cycle, with cap rate compression resuming in Sun Belt and gateway markets as 2024-2025 deliveries roll off and refinance demand on 2021-vintage bridge loans clears. Transaction velocity is up modestly, concentrated in stabilized Class A and grocery-adjacent garden assets. Allocators continue to favor residential for its income durability and its insulation from secular demand questions that still hang over commercial sectors.
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- Disclosed multifamily deal value tracked in September 2026: $3.6B across 31 reported transactions. All Multifamily coverage →
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Nearly four years after mortgage rates surpassed 6 percent for the first time since the height of the 2008 financial crisis, borrowing conditions for homeowners and prospective buyers have remained stubbornly elevated…
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