{"id":78148,"date":"2024-07-01T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=78148"},"modified":"2024-09-27T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:57:03","slug":"apartments-rented-slowest-pace-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/apartments-rented-slowest-pace-since-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Built Apartments Are Filling Up at the Slowest Pace Since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><i>47% of U.S. apartments that were completed in the fourth quarter were rented within three months, down from 60% a year earlier.<\/i><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><i>There are more new apartments hitting the market than normal. As a result, building owners are competing with one another for tenants, which is limiting how much they can boost prices.<\/i><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><i>Newly built studios and one-bedrooms have endured sizable rent-price declines because supply has surged, while three-plus-bedroom units\u2014a hot commodity\u2014have faced rent hikes.<\/i><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less than half (47%) of newly constructed apartments that were completed in the fourth quarter were rented <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within three months. That\u2019s down from 60% a year earlier and is the lowest share on record aside from the first quarter of 2020, when the onset of the pandemic brought the housing market to a halt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-6fREZ\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"New Apartments Are Filling Up at Slowest Pace Since 2020\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/6fREZ\/3\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s according to a Redfin analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s seasonally adjusted absorption rate data for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unfurnished, unsubsidized, privately financed rental apartments in buildings with five or more units, dating back to the first quarter of 2012<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The most recent data available measures <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">apartments that were<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> completed in the fourth quarter of 2023, and either rented or not rented within three months of then.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New apartments are taking longer to rent out because there\u2019s a near-record number of them hitting the market, meaning building owners are competing with one another for tenants. There were 90,260 new apartments completed in the fourth quarter\u2014the highest number on record with the exception of the second quarter of 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-x1h0i\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"There Are a Lot of New Apartments Hitting the Market\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/x1h0i\/5\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the past three quarters, the rental vacancy rate has hovered at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/RRVRUSQ156N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.6%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s the highest level since 2021, though it\u2019s worth noting that the vacancy rate is no longer growing like it was during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apartment builders have pumped the brakes on the number of projects they\u2019re <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">starting<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multifamily building <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/HOUST5F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">starts<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have fallen below their 10-year historical average\u2014but completions are still near their record high because there were so many construction projects kicked off during the pandemic moving frenzy that are just now being finished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This backlog of new units is putting a lid on how much rent prices can grow. But at the same time, demand from renters who can\u2019t afford to buy their own homes is keeping rents near their record high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The median U.S. apartment asking rent rose 0.8% year over year in May 2024 to the highest level since October 2022, a separate Redfin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/asking-rents-highest-since-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found. Renters today must earn <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/renter-incomes-affordability-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$66,120<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to afford the median priced apartment\u2014$11,408 more than we estimate the typical U.S renter earns. But rental affordability does vary greatly from market to market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a rental and you\u2019ve noticed a lot of new apartments popping up in your neighborhood, it may mean you have room to negotiate on price or ask for concessions like discounted parking or a free month\u2019s rent,\u201d said Redfin Senior Economist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/sheharyarbokhari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheharyar Bokhari<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cBut if you live in an area where the supply of new apartments is limited, deals may be harder to come by. Building more housing is a tried and true way to ease the housing affordability crisis, and with rent and home prices at historic highs, local and federal leaders should continue to encourage more construction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Small Newly Built Apartments Have Seen the Largest Rent Declines Because Supply Has Surged<\/h2>\n<p><b><i>Note:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This section covers median asking rents in the first quarter of 2024 for apartments that were completed in the fourth quarter of 2023.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The median asking rent for newly built studio apartments fell 20.9% year over year in the first quarter\u2014the most recent period for which we have asking rent data broken down by number of bedrooms. Meanwhile, new one-bedroom apartments saw a 11.9% decline, and new two-bedroom apartments saw a 1.2% drop. But the median asking rent for new three-plus-bedroom units <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rose<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 9.1%\u2014indicating that they\u2019re a relatively hot commodity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-wD34j\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Small Newly Built Apartments See Rent Prices Fall Fastest\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/wD34j\/2\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"489\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The supply of small apartments in America has been growing quickly, which is likely why this segment of the market has faced the steepest rent declines. The number of studio apartments completed in the fourth quarter was up 32.6% from a year earlier, compared with a 22.2% increase for one-bedroom apartments, a 2.3% increase for two-bedroom apartments and a 0.9%<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decrease<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for three-plus-bedroom apartments. Apartment construction in America tends to skew towards single people, with many builders <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-27\/why-are-there-no-apartments-for-families-in-the-city-who-builds-what-and-why?embedded-checkout=true&amp;sref=fRZXrT1O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deterred<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from focusing on families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-doqUY\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Builders Aren't Prioritizing Large Apartments\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/doqUY\/2\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than half (56%) of three-plus-bedroom apartments that were completed in the fourth quarter were rented <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within three months. That compares with roughly 40% for all other bedroom types. Please note that absorption rate data by bedroom type is not seasonally adjusted.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>47% of U.S. apartments that were completed in the fourth quarter were rented within three months, down from 60% a year earlier. There are more new apartments hitting the market than normal. As a result, building owners are competing with one another for tenants, which is limiting how much they can boost prices. 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