U.S. Apartment Occupancy Drops, Rents Continue to Grow
Posted
March 30, 2017
New multifamily properties completed in late 2016 and early 2017 are scrambling to land their initial residents. Rental housing occupancy is dropping, especially in the high-end apartment product niche, as a sizable wave of new buildings came on stream in the colder weather months when leasing activity is seasonally sluggish across much of the nation.
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