Suddenly, there's less confidence in the multifamily housing sectorlong-time regarded as one of the safest and best performing CRE segments.

This is according to the Q1 2022 National Association of Home Builders Multifamily Production Index, which fell six points to 48 compared to the previous quarter, dipping below the break-even mark of 50 for the first time in three quarters.

The MPI measures builder and developer sentiment about current production conditions in the apartment and condo market on a 100-point scale. The index and all of its components are scaled so that a number above 50 indicates that more respondents report conditions are improving than report conditions are getting worse.

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