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Cross‑Border Capital and CRE: Early 2026 Signals Across Regions and Strategies
Share: 4/6/2026 Global commercial real estate (CRE) capital markets are operating under elevated geopolitical and policy uncertainty, with the Iran conflict contributing to renewed volatility across financial markets. While these conditions have increased sensitivity to downside risk, they have not translated into broad capital market dislocation.
D.C. Multifamily Performance Defies Headlines | US | Cushman & Wakefield
Recent headlines have focused on widespread government layoffs and federal agency cuts in the nation’s capital. Yet, Washington D.C.’s multifamily market tells a different story. This report explores how the sector’s fundamentals remain resilient, defying the broader narrative of economic slowdown in the region.
Top Trends Across Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Portfolio
Share: As one of the nation’s largest third-party property managers, Cushman & Wakefield Asset Services has access to unique data and insights not available from third-party sources. This information is invaluable to our clients. Using this proprietary data, we will explore trends across our portfolio and what they may mean for the year ahead. Multifamily fundamentals improved heading into summer, both nationally and across our portfolio.
These Smaller Cities Are Magnets for New Residents
Migration Trends Uncover Hidden Gems in the Sun Belt and Mountain West Myrtle Beach in South Carolina was one of the top markets for domestic growth in 2020. (marada/Flickr) By David Kahn, Jessica Morin and Sam Tenenbaum CoStar Analytics Jun 3, 2021 | 7:39 P.M. While larger markets typically capture population growth and migration headlines, there are plenty of smaller or mid-sized cities in the United States that are gaining residents at an impressive pace.
People Keep Moving to the Sun Belt, but the Pace Has Slowed
Net Migration Decelerated in Most Cities, Though Austin, Texas, and Phoenix Bucked the Trend, Census Shows Phoenix was one of only several markets to see more people move to the area in 2020 compared to its average over the past five years.
Confidence in Commercial Real Estate Values Varies Widely by Sector
Roughly one year into the coronavirus outbreak, commercial real estate owners are starting to fully price in the effects of the global pandemic. There are endless ways to analyze the impact of the past year on commercial property valuations, but one useful metric is tracking the prevalence of rent gains across the various property types.
Sun Belt States Benefit From Migration Trends in Pandemic | CoStar
CoStar Insight First US Census Data on Population Trends in Outbreak Also Shows States Relying on Immigration Lose Population Idaho was the only state to outperform its 10-year annual growth rate average by more than 50 basis points.
Some Apartment Markets Draw Eye-Popping Rent Growth in Pandemic
Demand for apartments in more affordable Sun Belt cities is rising while asking rents in pricey coastal cities are falling as the pandemic roils the country's apartment markets. To get a better sense of what's driving both the best and worst metropolitan areas for rent growth, CoStar Analytics analyzed the top 20 and bottom 20 multifamily areas nationwide. For this analysis, only submarkets with more than 5,000 units were examined.
Apartment Owners Have More Than Just the Pandemic to Worry About in These Areas
CoStar Insight Heavy Supply Pipelines Are Weighing on Fast-Growth Cities Miami has the country's highest amount of recently completed and under-construction apartment stock as a percent of inventory. (Paola Giannoni/Getty Images) By David Kahn and Sam Tenenbaum CoStar Analytics Multifamily performance in the United States varies widely by region as the country copes with the effects of the pandemic.
National Investment Activity Has Largely Declined Across the Board
CoStar Insight Large Outlier Sales Boosted Transaction Volume in Select Cities By David Kahn and Sam Tenenbaum CoStar Analytics July 14, 2020 | 11:39 AM It’s no secret that the investment sales market has slowed dramatically in response to the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic, as owners and investors remained cautious during the early months of the year. Watch the video to learn how you can access industry leading CRE news and the data analytics you need to drive success.
Southern, Government-Heavy Markets Seeing Fewest Job Losses in Preliminary BLS Reports
CoStar Insight April Jobs Numbers Show Catastrophic Losses, but Performance Varies Widely by City US Navy Tug boats guide the USS Harry S. Truman up the Elizabeth River, past Portsmouth, Virginia, to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (PH2-AW John L. Beeman, via Wikimedia Commons) By David Kahn and Sam Tenenbaum CoStar Analytics May 27, 2020 | 6:01 P.M. The first full month of U.S. job numbers since the start of the coronavirus outbreak are in, and it isn’t pretty.
Sun Belt Shines Once Again, According to the Census
Amid the ever-flowing news about the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S Census Bureau just released its 2019 population growth estimates by metropolitan statistical area. Population growth is an important metric to track as it is inextricably tied to demand for commercial real estate across all asset types. On a percentage basis, the top 13 cities for population growth were in the nation's Sun Belt.
South San Antonio is Booming
Brooks, along with Industrial Group Southwest, recently broke ground on a new 350,000-square-foot warehouse at the corner of Goliad Road and City Base Landing in South San Antonio. Credit: Industrial Group Southwest. Often overlooked, the south side of San Antonio is undergoing a renaissance.
National Apartment Rent Growth Remains Strong
Landlords continue to benefit from booming apartment demand, as U.S. apartment rent growth averaged 2.9 percent between May of 2017 and 2018. While landlords haven’t been able to push rents like it’s 2015 anymore, the country is eight years into this economic cycle and rents continue to outperform their average in the face of increased supply.Undoubtedly, this is impressive growth, and it should continue for the foreseeable future, absent a recession.
Texas Enterprise Fund Contributions Slowing
Apple, Visa, athenahealth and Charles Schwab have all opened significant offices in Austin throughout the past few years. What is often the final push for companies to relocate their operations are grants from the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF). According to the Texas Economic Development’s official website, the TEF awards ‘deal-closing’ grants to companies considering a new project for which one Texas site is competing with other out-of-state sites.
Austin Is Developer-Friendly, But Construction is Slowing
CoStar Market Insights: Multifamily Construction in Texas Capital Has Been Historically Strong, But Pulling Back Lately Austin is often thought of as one of the least friendly markets for developers, at least by Texas standards.Capitol View Corridors, Heritage Oak requirements, not to mention sky-high land prices, often give developers heartburn.
CoStar Market Insights: BLS Revisions Show Stronger Job Growth in Austin
Austin's job growth rate YOY before and after BLS re-benchmarking. Austin recently received great news about its economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) completed its reassessment of its 2017 figures and noted stronger growth in Austin’s economy compared to its original reports. During its annual re-benchmarking, the BLS revealed that Austin’s job growth rate was more than 3 percent over the past year.
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