National Apartment Survey: Rental Property The Better Investment
National Real Estate Investor and Marcus & Millichap
55% of all respondents to the survey believe that now is the time to buy apartments. Owners are beginning to see improvements in vacancy rates and rent rates are rising. We are coming off a low low bottom, but there is improvement. The study shows that 41% (31% in 2009) of owners responding to the survey think rent rates will improve over the next year and 70% feel that this is the time to buy.
Financing
Looking up
34% believe that institutional lenders are increasing their lending volume, 28% see an improvement in Commercial bank lenders and 19% in FHA. I wrote piece on how the FHA funding of single family homes has skewed the market. I think when reform comes to the FHA, the money allotted to rentals will be significantly higher than it has been. SEE LINK
Mixed Use Space
Risky bet
Rental property with commercial or storefront space remain risky. A two unit building with a store down is a liability in a recession. And in this one, with consumers paying down credit cards, we are seeing a spike in empty retail space. I would undervalue the benefits of storefront retail space until we see a pick up in job growth. Vacancy rates in retail spaces rose 10% in 2010, according to the survey
Rental Property
A Better bet
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