Mid-Atlantic Multifamily Real Estate Market Reports

As of the third quarter of 2023, rent growth has been robust across the Mid-Atlantic region with all markets achieving year-over-year (YOY) rent growth above 2.0%. Hampton Roads and Richmond have seen the strongest five-year average rent growth, both at 5.9%. Washington and Baltimore have also averaged strong growth over the past five years at 2.9% and 4.3%, respectively. Within the D.C. metro, the District of Columbia submarket has the highest YOY rental rate growth of 3.9%, while Northern Virginia has the highest occupancy of 95.7%. After record-breaking sales volume across the Mid-Atlantic markets in 2021 and 2022, the current high interest rate environment has caused a slowdown in the volume of multifamily sales transactions across the markets. While construction loan costs are increasing, most projects are on pause unless the developer has already broken ground.

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