I was curious what metrics you all look at to determine strength of a market. Other than the obvious, like rent growth, vacancy, % home ownership etc. How do you determine the viability of a market? If you had $2m, where would you buy a multifamily property (5-20 units) right now, strictly on projected market growth? If it was not clear, this is specific to multifamily, however interested in metrics for other sectors as well.
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The ULI market strength survey. There is direct correlation, the markets their survey respondents say are the best have the lowest returns over the next 5 years, while the markets they say are the worst have the highest returns.
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Also look at: construction pipeline/planned construction starts, cap rate movements, recent sale activity, population movements, strength of local amenities, employment rates, public school rankings and availability of good private schools, repeat sale prices (singlefamily), rental concessions, and employment opportunities
Determining whether a market is viable is mostly about looking at rent growth, population trends, employment opportunities, and the strengths of your own organization (to make sure they match the market). If you guys are only good at building luxury, you're more constrained than if you have strengths in building workforce housing. A better question is what makes a project viable.
If I were going to buy a MF property of 5-20 units I'd probably do the opposite of what everyone else is doing and look for something in a urban center that was crushed by COVID. There is high development/acquisition activity in upcoming metro areas in the sunbelt, but that means cap rates are already compressed. Another option would be to go to those sunbelt areas that are hot right now and buy something on the edge of the urban core/near where future development may come. That future development will add supply (though likely supply that is nicer than what you buy), but will likely by synergistic by improving the area.
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