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Inside Multifamily's Booming Year

CBRE analysts peg the rising demand on household formation, job and wage growth, strong consumer confidence and sharply rising home prices.

By Lynn Pollack | February 02, 2022 at 07:27 AM

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Last year finished with record multifamily demand, with the sector setting an annual absorption record of 617,500 units nationally.

Absorption in the fourth quarter hit nearly 150,000 units, according to CBRE, a decline from Q3 numbers but still triple the quarterly average over the last decade. The year’s absorption numbers were also up 238% from 2020 levels and up 97% over 2019 figures. It is also 58% higher than the prior record of 390,000, which was set in 2000.

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