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B, C Spell Opportunity

Investors have been waiting out the recession and chasing yield where they can find it, but tepid job growth is still a major concern for the economy…

By Ryan Clark - Managing Editor of GlobeSt.com. | Updated on April 01, 2011

Investors have been waiting out the recession and chasing yield where they can find it, but tepid job growth is still a major concern for the economy at large. Office, retail and industrial landlords will have a tough time filling space without a large dent in the 8.9% jobless rate; however, multifamily’s fundamentals show increased demand, ROI, stable cap rates and a paltry construction pipeline. Overbuilt regions are still lagging, but the sector as a whole has rebounded faster than the others and a returning confidence among millenials will drive demand. The real question for investors is how much demand can pull the class B and C products back into the black.

Apartment property sales of $10 million or more clicked over $2 billion in January of 2011, according to Real Capital Analytics. Cap rates are holding steady at 6.7%, with only 14% of those sales coming from the distressed markets. Like everywhere else, REITs and institutional investors played a large role in buying, unleashing their pent-up capital to scoop up class A properties. Private purchasers, though, kept pace in 2010 by taking advantage of Housing and Urban Development monies as well as the ever-present Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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