Net operating income growth looks solid for the foreseeable future after 2017's mild pause, and cap rates will begin to rise slowly as rent growth steadies and the already -
low national vacancy rate hovers close to 5 %.
Strong demand and minimal new construction have already
lowered the national vacancy rate to 12.5 %, but investors should be wary of overbuilding in the segment.
Not exact matches
The biannual report indicated that the
national vacancy rate declined to 7.3 percent in 2017, its
lowest level since the Irvine - based online real estate transaction platform began tracking the sector in 1999.
Many of these people live in areas where jobs are available and «there actually tends to be more
vacancies in areas with
low employment
rates than the
national average», Mr Hutton told the IPPR.
Columbus»
low rental
vacancy rates and its RPP at 5.5 percent below the
national average make it the last city on the list to round out the top 10.
The
national vacancy rate dropped to 7.2 % from the prior quarters 8.2 %, the
lowest level for first quarter
vacancy rates since late 2008.
The takeaway from this exercise is that office employment does serve as a highly reliable market indicator, but more so when
vacancy rates are
lower than the
national average.
The
vacancy rate as of August was 3.6 %, the
national low, and there are at least three large users seeking space that will result in new construction.
«Each market has its own nuances, but the
national trend is positive absorption and
lower vacancy rates, with steady rental growth.
Still, the city's office -
vacancy rate remains well below the
national average of 13.5 percent, and its first - quarter
rate of 5.7 percent was the
lowest in the country.
The
national vacancy rate fell by 20 basis points to 12.5 % in the third quarter, its
lowest level in six years.
The
national vacancy rate for medical office buildings (MOBs) fell to an all - time
low in 2017 while sales volume rose and capitalization (cap)
rates fell.
In the summer, the
national vacancy rate stood at just 4.4 percent amid a strengthening job market,
lower unemployment
rate, higher cost of homeownership, and a modest but noticeable growth in household income.
Nashville's stellar annual job growth (3.44 percent, seventh - highest in the U.S.), moderately
low vacancy rate (4.80 percent, almost 30 percent
lower than the
national average), and even
lower median age of housing inventory (a mere 42 days, 33 percent
lower than the
national average) also highlight how exceptionally strong the demand for Nashville housing currently is and will likely continue to be for many quarters to come.
Washington, D.C.'s
low median age of housing inventory (54 days, nine days less than the
national average), even
lower vacancy rate (5.20 percent, about 23 percent less than the
national average), and moderately high annual job growth
rate of 2.19 percent indicate that demand for housing there is and will likely remain quite strong, making D.C. a profitable market for rental real estate investors for quarters to come.
Washington, D.C.'s
low median age of housing inventory (54 days, nine days less than the
national average), even
lower vacancy rate (5.20 percent, about 23 percent less than the
national average), and moderately high annual job growth
rate of 2.19 percent indicate that demand for housing there is and will likely remain quite strong for some time.
For instance, the
National Association of Realtors reports that in 2014, San Jose, CA had a
low vacancy rate of 4.0 %, while Ocean City, NJ had a high
vacancy rate of 58.4 %.
At the end of the first quarter, the
national vacancy rate for big - box stores nationwide stood at 8.2 percent, according to Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, — only 10 basis points
lower than a year ago and double the
rate at the peak of the market in the first quarter of 2007.
Rising supply helped push
national vacancy rates above 6.0 percent at the end of 2016, from a
low of 5.3 percent in mid-2014, according to data from CoStar.
«San Diego's retail
vacancy rate is
low compared to the
national average, and delivery of new space is limited,» said Cunningham in a statement.
Scott Holmes, senior vice president &
national director of the National Retail Group at Marcus & Millichap shows that «the national average vacancy rate now stands at its lowest level since th
national director of the
National Retail Group at Marcus & Millichap shows that «the national average vacancy rate now stands at its lowest level since th
National Retail Group at Marcus & Millichap shows that «the
national average vacancy rate now stands at its lowest level since th
national average
vacancy rate now stands at its
lowest level since the 1990s.