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Can empowering small investors strengthen America’s housing supply?

Via HousingWire · September 17, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · September 17, 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.

Editorial analysis · Real Estate Trail Editorial

Excerpt from HousingWire:
Federal data show individuals own 59% of rental properties, even as LLCs hold 43% of rental units
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