Aside from “location, location, location,” the most cliché phrase in real estate may be “people will always need somewhere to live.” Its overuse is a symptom of its accuracy. The Multifamily sector had every excuse available to post a down year in 2021, yet its performance proved to be nothing short of phenomenal. As noted by SVN® Multifamily Chair Reid Bennett, CCIM, the sector faced “unknowns of the pandemic, rent moratoriums, interest rate hike threats, and inflation at a four-decade high.” Nonetheless, markets across the country range from nearly fully recovered to well ahead of where they were two years ago before the pandemic.

 

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