Research

NAA Inflation Tracker: May 2023

CPI, Latest Release, April 2023   

Inflation rose 5.0% year-over-year on a seasonally adjusted basis, in line with concession expectations and matching last month’s rate. Core CPI …
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Affordability Watch Q4 2022

To assess rental housing affordability at the market level, the National Apartment Association (NAA) analyzed rent-to-income percentages, which are based on residential lease applicants from…
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Apartment Jobs Snapshot Q4 2022

In this edition of NAAEI’s Apartment Jobs Snapshot, apartment job listings totaled over 40,700 during Q4 2022. Job postings for maintenance positions declined year-over-year, despite them making up…
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Apartment Market Pulse Spring 2023

A Slow Return to Normalcy
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Income/Expense IQ

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The Income/Expense IQ (I/E IQ) partnership has expanded in 2023 to include the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), the…
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2022 Apartment Housing Outlook

The delta variant of the coronavirus threw the U.S. economy for a loop during the third quarter, but by early December, signs that the recovery was back on track were broad-based. Job growth for the…
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Special Reports

Special Reports

Additional reports from NAA's Research Team.

Research Reflections

While Rent Was on The Rise In 2021, So Were Wages

The last quarter of 2021 recorded 9.9% year-over-year rent growth for the U.S on average. The uptick in rent prices…
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Built-to-Rent Fundamentals Beaming in Sun Belt Metros

Through steady returns and robust rent growth, built-to-rent (BTR) communities have become a major aspect of the single…
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Cities and Suburbs and the Gray Areas in Between

Although cities experienced a resurgence of population and apartment demand growth immediately following the recession,…
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