The nation’s student housing market remains a performance darling amid a slowdown that has impacted other residential real estate types like conventional multifamily and single family for-purchase. However, despite the relative strength of the student housing sector, the industry is also seeing performance cool from peak levels in recent months.
Limited supply pressure and stable demand should inform a favorable near-term outlook. But longer-term headwinds, including a deep divergence among different universities and their enrollment growth trends, remain key themes worth closely monitoring.
Join RealPage® market experts as they dive into the state of the nation’s student housing market ahead of the summer leasing surge. This discussion will largely focus on national and regional trends before delving into more localized university-level performance readings.
Arben Skivjani serves as a Deputy Chief Economist and Data Scientist for RealPage, Inc. His primary focus is on forecasting and econometric modeling, economic impact studies, reporting and analysis of macroeconomic trends that affect the multifamily industry. Prior to joining RealPage, Arben worked for several government and private sector entities, including the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, Center for Business and Economic Development at the University of Alabama and Camoin Associates in Upstate New York.
Arben is heavily involved in the Dallas/Fort Worth Association for Business Economics where he currently serves as Vice President and is a member the National Association for Business Economics.
Arben holds a master’s degree in economics from The University of Alabama.
Carl Whitaker
Vice President & Chief Economist, RealPage, Inc.Carl Whitaker is RealPage’s Chief Economist, leading the company's team of economists and market analysts. Carl and the Market Intelligence team specialize in analyzing and disseminating economic and market trends for the rental housing industry. He primarily focuses on presenting trends in the rental housing industry to a wide audience, including investors, asset managers, operations professionals and media, among other personas. Carl has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and GlobeSt and is a frequent keynote speaker for industry events. Carl holds degrees from the University of North Texas, including a Master of Science in Applied Geography.
