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What Time on Market Says About Multifamily Health

Landlords are more likely to reduce rents the longer an apartment sits vacant.

By Kristen Smithberg | December 19, 2024 at 06:35 AM

Time on the market is a useful metric the multifamily industry can use to track the rental market along with other indicators including median rent and vacancy.

There is a strong relationship between time on the market and price, according to Apartment List, which recently introduced a time on the market data series. Landlords and property managers have more incentive to reduce rent to attract new tenants the longer an apartment sits vacant. Apartment List’s data shows that asking rents drop $10 for units that sit vacant on its platform for two weeks. For units listed for more than three months, asking rents fell more than $50.

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