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Multifamily experts react to Fed’s first rate hike in 3 years

Via Multifamily Dive · September 16, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · September 16, 2026

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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On the RET wire

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Excerpt from Multifamily Dive:
Apartment leaders are watching Treasury rates, though the central bank’s increase will “keep the current malaise slogging along,” said Eastham Capital’s Matthew Rosenthal.
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