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@JulieChangRE This is awesome, @JulieChangRE.
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Your supply story explains DC's flat rents, @mattyglesias. Tenant income and credit quality explain why Arlington and Fairfax can still raise rents on turnover while DC cuts them.
@GetRealAI's data is tracking actual lease transactions across 170,000+ DC units and 464,000+ suburban units. Asking rents are falling across the region. Trade-out spreads — what new tenants pay versus departing ones — show what's actually happening. Fairfax: +$80 (+4.0%). Arlington: +$33 (+1.4%). Prince George's: +$4 (flat). Montgomery: -$5. DC: -$46 (-1.6%).
In-place rents confirm the same pattern. Arlington tenants are paying 4.4% more year-over-year. Fairfax 2.5%. DC 0.7%. The asking rent declines in Arlington and Fairfax reflect concessions masking effective rents, not pricing power erosion.
The tenant base tells the story. Arlington median income: $199,472 (99th percentile nationally), FICO 777, net worth $750K-$1M. Fairfax: $203,099, FICO 764, net worth $1M-$2M. DC: $168,818 (72nd percentile), FICO 703, net worth $250K-$500K.
DC built a lot — agreed. It built for the tenant it had in 2019: federal workers and young professionals who needed to be downtown. Remote work didn't just reduce that commute need; it revealed that Arlington and Fairfax offer the same professional networks and amenities plus better schools (Arlington 8.5/10, Fairfax 8.0/10, DC 7.9/10), lower taxes, and more space per dollar.
The highest-income renters moved to the close-in suburbs, not to Loudoun. Fairfax in-place rents are up 2.5% with positive trade-outs. Arlington's mobility score is 30.0, the lowest in the region. DC's occupancy sits at 92.6%, down 2.1 points year-over-year. New supply there is chasing a lower-income, lower-credit tenant pool than it was underwritten for.
One market is tightening: Prince George's County. Occupancy up 0.7 points to 94.2%, trade-outs slightly positive. At $1,779 median rent versus $2,483 in DC, it's absorbing renters priced out elsewhere.
DC is the mid-market option now: more expensive than Prince George's, cheaper than Arlington, without a clear value proposition for high earners. You framed the affordability story as a housing supply win. The tenant composition shift is running alongside it, and that part is harder to reverse. Recovering premium positioning requires making urban density worth the price again: transit, safety, schools that compete with Fairfax. Accepting the repositioning means pricing accordingly.
Supply normalization is already underway. Demand composition takes longer.
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According to @GetRealAI's data, Denver's multifamily vacancy hit 8.8% in January 2026, up from 5.7% in July 2024. That's a 16-year high — last seen during the financial crisis. But this isn't a demand problem. Median household income is $154K (98th percentile nationally). FICO averages 727. Jobs grew 1% year-over-year. Denver overbuilt, badly.
The numbers: Between July 2024 and January 2026, Denver added 73,635 multifamily units — a 38% increase in total stock in 18 months. Occupancy fell from 94.3% to 91.2%. Asking rents dropped 9.2%, from $2,072 to $1,881. New lease trade-outs are running negative $76.
The cascade works like this: Class A landlords offer 2-3 months free on $2,200 units, bringing effective rent to $1,650. Class B at $1,800 can't compete. So Class B cuts. Then Class C follows. The whole market reprices.
The pipeline: ~50,000 units were permitted at peak. Permits have since fallen 50% — the last 12 months show 8,263 units, down from 15,000-18,000 annually in 2021-2023. Of that 50K pipeline, 20,000+ likely won't break ground. No lender is financing speculative multifamily at 8.8% vacancy and rents down 9%.
The problem is what's already under construction: roughly 15,000-20,000 units will still deliver through mid-2027 regardless of new starts.
Recovery math: Denver has ~32,900 vacant units against a healthy-market baseline of ~18,700. That's 14,200 units to absorb. At ~1,200 new renter households per month, that's 12 months on existing excess alone — before accounting for the supply still coming. Equilibrium is late 2027 or early 2028 if demand holds. Later if it doesn't.
For investors: Stabilized Class B/C is priced attractively right now. Supply is decelerating, fundamentals are intact, and rent growth returns to older stock first once the pipeline clears.
New construction is a different bet. Underwrite 3 years of flat-to-negative rent growth at 85-90% occupancy. Only viable with a balance sheet that can wait.
For landlords already operating: retention is worth more than new leases right now. In-place rents are down 2% while asking rents are down 9%. Every tenant you keep is worth 7 points of spread.
The 2009 comparison is instructive for what this isn't: that correction required economic recovery. This one just requires time.
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Denver experienced its highest multifamily vacancy rate in 16 years - 7.6%.
At the end of last year, about 34,200 units were vacant.
Colorado’s population growth is beginning to slow and a wave of new multifamily units have come on the market.
Even more supply is in the
According to @GetRealAI's data, #Denver's multifamily vacancy hit 8.8% in January 2026, up from 5.7% in July 2024. That's a 16-year high — last seen during the financial crisis. But this isn't a demand problem. Median household income is $154K (98th percentile nationally). FICO averages 727. Jobs grew 1% year-over-year. Denver overbuilt, badly.
The numbers: Between July 2024 and January 2026, Denver added 73,635 multifamily units — a 38% increase in total stock in 18 months. Occupancy fell from 94.3% to 91.2%. Asking rents dropped 9.2%, from $2,072 to $1,881. New lease trade-outs are running negative $76.
The cascade works like this: Class A landlords offer 2-3 months free on $2,200 units, bringing effective rent to $1,650. Class B at $1,800 can't compete. So Class B cuts. Then Class C follows. The whole market reprices.
The pipeline: ~50,000 units were permitted at peak. Permits have since fallen 50% — the last 12 months show 8,263 units, down from 15,000-18,000 annually in 2021-2023. Of that 50K pipeline, 20,000+ likely won't break ground. No lender is financing speculative multifamily at 8.8% vacancy and rents down 9%.
The problem is what's already under construction: roughly 15,000-20,000 units will still deliver through mid-2027 regardless of new starts.
Recovery math: Denver has ~32,900 vacant units against a healthy-market baseline of ~18,700. That's 14,200 units to absorb. At ~1,200 new renter households per month, that's 12 months on existing excess alone — before accounting for the supply still coming. Equilibrium is late 2027 or early 2028 if demand holds. Later if it doesn't.
For investors: Stabilized Class B/C is priced attractively right now. Supply is decelerating, fundamentals are intact, and rent growth returns to older stock first once the pipeline clears.
New construction is a different bet. Underwrite 3 years of flat-to-negative rent growth at 85-90% occupancy. Only viable with a balance sheet that can wait.
For landlords already operating: retention is worth more than new leases right now. In-place rents are down 2% while asking rents are down 9%. Every tenant you keep is worth 7 points of spread.
The 2009 comparison is instructive for what this isn't: that correction required economic recovery. This one just requires time.
Check out / interact with RealAI's full analysis here:
app.realai.com/analysis/publi…
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New construction is taking the hardest hit, and it's not a mystery why (according to @GetRealAI's data).
Developers need to fill buildings fast to cover debt service, so they lead with concessions — 2-3 months free is now standard in Phoenix, Austin, Charlotte. New units also carried 20-30% premiums over older stock when markets were tight; that premium disappears first when demand softens. And new supply clusters in the same submarkets: downtown Austin, Tempe, South End Charlotte. Metro-wide vacancy can look manageable while specific pockets are in freefall.
Pittsburgh, Sacramento, LA, Memphis, St. Louis are a different case. They didn't overbuild by Sunbelt standards, but they didn't add jobs or households fast enough to absorb even modest supply. A 2,000-unit pipeline hits Memphis harder than 10,000 units hits Nashville when Memphis is only adding 500 renter households a year.
The cascade most people miss: when Class A asking rents drop 10-15%, Class B can't hold pricing. A tenant paying $1,800 for a 10-year-old unit sees a brand-new unit at $1,900 with three months free — effective rent $1,425. Class B matches the concession or loses the tenant. Then Class C follows. The whole market reprices, and older stock has no amenity upgrade to offer. They cut to effective rents that barely cover expenses.
So what's the recovery timeline? Starts are down 40-50% in most of these markets, but buildings started in 2022-2023 are still delivering through mid-2026. Phoenix, Austin, and Charlotte each have 15,000-25,000 units in the pipeline. Even with zero new starts today, new supply keeps arriving for another 18-24 months.
Recovery starts when net absorption exceeds completions. In strong job markets — Austin, Denver, Phoenix — that's late 2026 or early 2027. Pittsburgh, Memphis, St. Louis could be 2028 or later.
Stabilized Class B/C in these markets is attractively priced. Class A has been absorbing the correction; once the pipeline clears, older well-located buildings become the value proposition. Rent growth returns there first.
New construction and lease-up deals require underwriting 2-3 years of negative rent growth at 85-90% occupancy. The balance sheet has to survive the wait — most can't.
Supply normalization is mechanical; the pipeline is finite. Demand recovery isn't. If Austin's tech hiring stays flat, if Phoenix slows in-migration, if Charlotte's financial sector plateaus, these markets stay soft even after construction stops. Job growth and household formation tell you more than permit counts. Supply resolves on its own schedule. Demand has to be earned.
Love this data from @jayparsons. New construction is taking the hardest hit, and it's not a mystery why (according to @GetRealAI's data).
Developers need to fill buildings fast to cover debt service, so they lead with concessions — 2-3 months free is now standard in Phoenix, Austin, Charlotte. New units also carried 20-30% premiums over older stock when markets were tight; that premium disappears first when demand softens. And new supply clusters in the same submarkets: downtown Austin, Tempe, South End Charlotte. Metro-wide vacancy can look manageable while specific pockets are in freefall.
Pittsburgh, Sacramento, LA, Memphis, St. Louis are a different case. They didn't overbuild by Sunbelt standards, but they didn't add jobs or households fast enough to absorb even modest supply. A 2,000-unit pipeline hits Memphis harder than 10,000 units hits Nashville when Memphis is only adding 500 renter households a year.
The cascade most people miss: when Class A asking rents drop 10-15%, Class B can't hold pricing. A tenant paying $1,800 for a 10-year-old unit sees a brand-new unit at $1,900 with three months free — effective rent $1,425. Class B matches the concession or loses the tenant. Then Class C follows. The whole market reprices, and older stock has no amenity upgrade to offer. They cut to effective rents that barely cover expenses.
So what's the recovery timeline? Starts are down 40-50% in most of these markets, but buildings started in 2022-2023 are still delivering through mid-2026. Phoenix, Austin, and Charlotte each have 15,000-25,000 units in the pipeline. Even with zero new starts today, new supply keeps arriving for another 18-24 months.
Recovery starts when net absorption exceeds completions. In strong job markets — Austin, Denver, Phoenix — that's late 2026 or early 2027. Pittsburgh, Memphis, St. Louis could be 2028 or later.
Stabilized Class B/C in these markets is attractively priced. Class A has been absorbing the correction; once the pipeline clears, older well-located buildings become the value proposition. Rent growth returns there first.
New construction and lease-up deals require underwriting 2-3 years of negative rent growth at 85-90% occupancy. The balance sheet has to survive the wait — most can't.
Supply normalization is mechanical; the pipeline is finite. Demand recovery isn't. If Austin's tech hiring stays flat, if Phoenix slows in-migration, if Charlotte's financial sector plateaus, these markets stay soft even after construction stops. Job growth and household formation tell you more than permit counts. Supply resolves on its own schedule. Demand has to be earned.
Where have rents for NEW apartments fallen most? Here's the top 15.
We're comparing today's effective rent (with concession included) versus the peak for market-rate apartments built since 2020. The deeper that decline, the longer it'll potentially take for a rent rebound -- not
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