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Housing demand is dramatically outstripping supply, leading to double-digit rent growth in the Southeast.   The Sunbelt region is ground zero for multifamily investment. For the last decade, cities across the Sunbelt have seen substantial population growth and have attracted corporate relocations—and investment capital has followed. Now, according to Austin Graham, senior associate at Mathews Real Estate […]

  Located just 30 minutes south of Los Angeles, the City Long Beach is the second-largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the third-largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city totals approximately 80 square miles of real estate and is home to […]

  As the state’s capital, Columbia is home to South Carolina’s largest flagship university, which provides a renter pool of students and government employees. More than one in five employees work in the government sector, which is 40 percent more than the national average. Though multifamily growth has slowed, single-family home construction has increased by […]

There are more fitness options in the market now than ever before. People can exercise at big-box gyms, sports clubs, smaller boutique fitness studios, as well as through on-demand at-home fitness equipment and even virtual platforms. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a slew of challenges to the industry, gyms have seen a rapid […]

The Matthews Podcast | Episode #2 The Hunt for Yield | Multifamily Investors Shift Capital In this episode of the Matthews™ Podcast, specialized agents dissect the investment shifts occurring in the multifamily space with Matthews™ Market Leader, Matthew Wallace. We are joined by CRE experts Daniel Withers Senior Vice President and Senior Director of Multifamily, […]

  There is scarce industrial availability in Chattanooga, at about 1.9 percent. The limited options have kept vacancies tight, around 1.9 percent, well below its historical average. Though the Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant opened in 2011, industrial demand has been booming in the last several years. The assembly plant has helped expand automotive supplier presence […]

Augusta’s multifamily market has favorable fundamentals – a decreasing vacancy rate, increasing rents, and strong population growth. Augusta holds a large base of government and government-related jobs, helping stabilize the local economy. In 2013, the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence announced its move to Augusta, adding jobs directly from the military and influencing relocation […]

  Thanks to the surging national demand for logistics and manufacturing facilities, Birmingham has a strong industrial market. Vacancies are still at historic lows, around 2.9 percent, allowing landlords to increase pricing. As such, rents have grown 9.5 percent in the last 12 months. Employment has essentially recovered to pre-pandemic levels since September 2021, with […]

  2021 was a year of record growth and stability for the retail sector. Emerging from the challenges of COVID-19, retail recovered swiftly, as fiscal support from the U.S. government, paired with a tight labor market promoting a robust wage growth, provided consumers with extra spending money. Brick and mortar retail sales reached historic numbers […]