📊 The Future of Multifamily Investment: What You Need To Know For 2025 💡🏗️

🚀 83% Of Multifamily Investors Are Buying In 2025! Here’s Why 🏢💰

March 14, 2025•3 min read

🚀 83% Of Multifamily Investors Are Buying In 2025! Here’s Why 🏢💰

📊 The Future of Multifamily Investment: What You Need To Know For 2025 💡🏗️

After two years of cautious waiting, multifamily investors are ready to dive back into the market. According to a new Berkadia survey, a staggering 83% of investors plan to acquire properties in 2025, signaling a resurgence in deal-making after years of high interest rates and market stagnation.

But what’s driving this shift? Let’s break it down.


📊 The Return of Multifamily Investment

For the past two years, multifamily investment activity slowed dramatically as rising interest rates and pricing uncertainty kept buyers on the sidelines. However, that’s changing fast:

  • 83% of investors plan to buy in 2025, while only 2% plan to downsize their portfolios.

  • Debt costs remain a hurdle, with 93% of investors citing financing challenges, but capital is still available.

  • The 10-year Treasury yield recently dipped to 4.2%, and a further drop below 4.25% could unlock even more transactions.

💡 Translation? Investors aren’t waiting anymore—money is ready to move.


đź’° Where The Smart Money Is Going

Not all properties are created equal, and investors have clear preferences on where they see the best opportunities:

🏢 Core-Plus Assets (43%) – These properties, offering stable income with some growth potential, are the top choice for most investors.
🔨 Value-Add Deals (30%) – Many see the highest upside in renovation and repositioning projects.
🌍 Regional Focus – The Southeast remains the top choice, followed by the Midwest, which is gaining traction after being largely ignored during the pandemic.

📉 The West and Central regions? Not as attractive right now.


🏗️ What’s Happening With Multifamily Development?

It’s not just investors making moves—developers are also ramping up.

In Houston’s Lake Houston submarket, nearly 1,840 units are either under construction or proposed, showing confidence in demand.

🔹 Recent Openings:

  • Bluewater at Balmoral – 92 units

  • Eleve – 322 units

  • The Residences at Kingwood – 289 units

🔹 Under Construction:

  • The Oaks – 357 units (ready by 2025)

  • The Residences at Kingwood East – 181 units

🔹 Proposed Developments:

  • Evolve Kingwood – 300 units

  • Generation Park II & III – 500+ units combined

  • The Grove II – 340 units

đź’ˇ Developers and investors alike are positioning themselves for an active 2025.


đź’ˇ Why This Matters For CRE

Multifamily real estate is entering a new growth cycle, and with debt markets stabilizing, investors are seizing opportunities. Here’s what to watch:

âś… Sellers are accepting lower valuations, closing the price gap with buyers.
✅ The 10-year Treasury yield remains a key trigger—if it stays below 4.25%, expect even more transactions.
âś… More than 50% of investors expect the market to improve significantly by 2026.


🚀 The Bottom Line: 2025 Will Be A Year Of Action

If you’ve been waiting for the right time to jump into multifamily investment, 2025 might be your best window of opportunity.

Are you ready to explore the best deals in the market? Let’s connect and discuss how you can position yourself for success in this new multifamily boom.


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© 2023-2024 Bill Rapp, Broker Associate, eXp Commercial Viking Enterprise Team

I am a Houston commercial broker, with residential experience, as well as a lending background. I have been in the real estate industry for 14 years and counting, and I have worked in many roles within the industry and each has given me a unique perspective of the industry as a whole.

My dedication to clients is rooted in this industry knowledge, but also includes my desire to go the extra mile in networking to source off market opportunities for my clients. Me and my team at eXp Commercial have a cutting-edge technology package that gets the widest exposure for each transaction. eXp Commercial offers a nationwide network through which we can deliver the best exposure and professional advice to achieve our clients’ goals while also minimizing their risk.

Clients appreciate my methodical method of discovery in our initial consultation. Through which we can get to know each other and their specific’s business’s needs and objectives on a granular level. Our processes help navigate each transaction and its potential pitfalls through to a successful outcome for our clients. It is my stated goal to provide our clients with extensive market analysis and expertise that fosters innovative solutions and rewarding commercial real estate opportunities.

Bill Rapp, CRE Broker

I am a Houston commercial broker, with residential experience, as well as a lending background. I have been in the real estate industry for 14 years and counting, and I have worked in many roles within the industry and each has given me a unique perspective of the industry as a whole. My dedication to clients is rooted in this industry knowledge, but also includes my desire to go the extra mile in networking to source off market opportunities for my clients. Me and my team at eXp Commercial have a cutting-edge technology package that gets the widest exposure for each transaction. eXp Commercial offers a nationwide network through which we can deliver the best exposure and professional advice to achieve our clients’ goals while also minimizing their risk. Clients appreciate my methodical method of discovery in our initial consultation. Through which we can get to know each other and their specific’s business’s needs and objectives on a granular level. Our processes help navigate each transaction and its potential pitfalls through to a successful outcome for our clients. It is my stated goal to provide our clients with extensive market analysis and expertise that fosters innovative solutions and rewarding commercial real estate opportunities.

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