Yardi Matrix

Student Housing Slows Down

Yardi Matrix vice president Jeff Adler presented a look both forward and back for the student housing sector in a webinar held Wednesday, March 3. (Find the presentation materials and recording here.) Despite the challenges of the pandemic over the last year, the sector has held up relatively well. Rents are still increasing – but […]

03 / 03 / 21

Student housing

Industrial Outlook

It’s a rosy outlook for the newest real estate sector to be featured in a CommercialEdge monthly report. In 2020, the industrial sector was considered the top performer of all major real estate sectors. Industrial rents averaged $6.38 per square foot in December 2020, a 4.8% increase over the last 12 months, according to the […]

01 / 28 / 21

Multifamily Outlook

After a year ravaged by disease, division, job losses and economic hardship, expectations for the multifamily industry in 2021 are the subject of a new Yardi Matrix outlook. “While there does appear to be light at the end of the tunnel, it will take some months to get most of the country vaccinated and get […]

01 / 26 / 21

Status of Storage

Confidence in self storage remains high as the sector demonstrates ongoing strong street rate performance despite COVID-19’s continued impact across the U.S., reports the latest Yardi Matrix National Self Storage Monthly report. National street rates for standard 10×10 non-climate-controlled (NON CC) units increased 1.7% last month compared to November 2019. While year-over-year street rates nationwide […]

12 / 21 / 20

Employment Impacts

The COVID-19 pandemic has been inconsistent in the way it has affected the U.S. employment market, creating a wide disparity between metro and job segments. This is the main conclusion of the latest special employment report from Yardi Matrix. Leisure and hospitality was by far the biggest employment sector loser, with 3.8 million jobs lost. […]

12 / 03 / 20

Opposite Outlooks

It’s a tale of two outlooks for the industrial and office real estate sectors, reported the experts from Yardi Matrix and CommercialEdge in a commercial real estate webinar presented on Nov. 11. As the end of 2020 nears, each market has a different trajectory. For owners and investors in the office sector, the full impact […]

11 / 12 / 20

Multifamily Movement

The number of Americans who have moved since February 2020 wasn’t unusual compared to typical U.S. mobility trends, but there has been a distinct shift in where they are relocating, according to the latest Yardi Matrix multifamily webinar. In brief, big urban cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami are out, while second […]

11 / 05 / 20

Student Housing’s Strength

Despite massive disruption to in-person learning protocols, demand for off-campus, purpose-built student housing remains strong, according to a webinar and a new bulletin from Yardi Matrix. “College students don’t want to live at home. And their parents seem quite amenable, if financial circumstances allow it, for them not to live at home,” said Jeff Adler, […]

10 / 15 / 20

Surviving + Thriving

During every Yardi Matrix webinar, vice president and presenter Jeff Adler shares the big picture of current economic conditions and conundrums – also known as the Yardi Matrix House View. Here’s how the view is looking from the Matrix vantage point these days: “We had a deep recession. We’re in the middle of a recovery. […]

09 / 18 / 20

End of Urbanization?

For years, 24-hour and 18-hour cities, and the live-work-play concept, have been mantras in commercial real estate. Suddenly, however, cities are facing a pandemic-driven exodus. Is this a temporary blip or the start of a long-term trend? COVID-19’s impact has been particularly deep in major metropolitan areas such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago […]

09 / 04 / 20

Sublease vacant office space availability is up due to COVID 19

Sublease Space to Spare?

Commercial real estate has encountered a space problem: there is too much of it. Unused, unwanted square footage is having a ripple effect throughout the industry, stalling new deals and prompting tenants to get creative with their leases. Which markets have the most excess space? Tech markets such as San Francisco and Boston are among […]

08 / 21 / 20

NY Law’s Impact

Last year, New York state implemented new protections for residents of rent-stabilized and market-rate housing, including the conditions under which rent hikes and evictions are allowed. Affordable housing advocates saw the landmark Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 as vital to helping low-income people avoid homelessness in expensive markets such as New York […]

08 / 17 / 20

Matrix Studies Up

As colleges and universities announce varied plans to cope with coronavirus this fall, what will be the impact on student housing owners and operators? Some definitive answers were delivered in a July 15 webinar from Yardi Matrix, which also marked the launch of the Yardi Matrix Student data service. Market coverage includes over 2,000 universities […]

07 / 20 / 20

Relocations + Rent Drops

Already apparent in the U.S., COVID-19 has resulted in a migration from major cities and falling rents. As the housing industry braces itself against continued impacts from the virus, will both trends continue into the third quarter? Market analysts, real estate agents and renter surveys give us clues about what to expect. Are people really […]

07 / 15 / 20

Student Housing

Already well known in the industry for its dependable, up-to-date and prescient market data, Yardi Matrix will take those skills to school as it begins reporting on the student housing sector. The new research area from Yardi Matrix comes at a particularly opportune time, as student housing owners and investors are navigating an uncertain environment […]

07 / 07 / 20

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