HOUSTON-The two largest multifamily markets in Texas – Houstonand Dallas – are “beaten up” from the new supply that has come tomarket over the past 12 months.

Richard Campo, chairman and CEO of Camden Property Trust,outlined the problems the additional inventory have created forREIT’s properties during its first quarter earnings call. The localcompany owns interests in and operates 185 properties containing63,658 apartment homes across the U.S.

“The Texas markets are getting beaten,” Campo notes, adding thatthey’re suffering from “a ton of new supply” that was constructedduring the last part of the development cycle when Dallas andHouston were the only two markets in the country where developerscould build. “Unfortunately, some of it is directly competitivewith a lot of our assets in Houston and in Dallas, as well.”

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