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Denver’s Cooling Metrics
Denver’s multifamily market is facing the effects of inflation and rising interest rates as some of its fundamentals softened toward the end of 2022. Demand slowed somewhat, pushing the occupancy rate in stabilized properties down by 60 basis points year-over-year as of October, to 95.0%. Investors also began taking a little more caution, leading to shrinking investment, while rents ended a spell of solid performance, down 0.3% on a trailing three-month basis through November, to $1,910.
Unemployment clocked in at 3.5% in October, just slightly above the state (3.6%) and national (3.7%) rates and still far from pre-pandemic values, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The employment market expanded 4.0% in the 12 months ending in September, on par with the U.S. rate. Only the financial services sector lost jobs (down 3.7%). Nearly half of the 65,300 positions added during the year were in the professional and business services sector (30,700 jobs), sustained by corporate relocations and expansions.
Developers delivered 9,487 units in 2022 through November, heavily targeting Lifestyle renters. The number of projects breaking ground this year surpassed 2021’s volume—overall, 31,790 units were underway as of November. Meanwhile, investment volume totaled $5 billion, for a price per unit that rose 10.7% year-over-year, to $336,485.
Read the full Matrix Multifamily Denver Report-January 2023
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