Labor Day marked the unofficial end of summer. And what a summer it was for all of us!
On a national basis, multifamily data and metrics have been hovering around the same points since mid-summer.
When measured year over year, traffic has not yet fully recovered since the beginning of the pandemic, when it saw a massive 75% drop.
But in the week ending on Sept. 6, we saw the biggest closing of that YoY gap since March.
Interestingly, the leases per property metric was actually ahead of where it was when compared to one year ago. Since the middle of the summer, this metric has been basically the same or slightly ahead of where it was at the same point in 2019.
As we examine the remainder of the summer months, national occupancy and leased percentage rates were down anywhere between 0.1% and 1% YoY. However, broadly speaking, this was a better performance than was expected considering the impact the pandemic has had on every sector of the U.S. and global economies.
Conversely, national net effective rent has been consistently down about 8% YoY, although certain individual markets have experienced steeper drops – particularly the coastal MSAs.
With the broader context in mind, here are some of the specific takeaways from the week that ended on Sept. 6: