Somerville Apartment Portfolio Sale Sets Pricing Benchmark
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 October 2026: $7.3B across 76 reported transactions. All Multifamily coverage →
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Matthews represented the seller in the disposition of the Kingsley Orchard Realty Portfolio, located at 18 Day St., 49 Dover St. and 123 Orchard St. in Somerville, MA. VP Nick Jasinski facilitated the $39,000,000 tran…
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