Demand meets supply in Brownsville’s multifamily market
Construction activity modest in eastern half of Rio Grande Valley
As 2025 begins, the Rio Grande Valley’s eastern market has posted encouraging absorption figures from 2024, which highlight notable demand for the area's multifamily market.
GDP growth most resilient in San Antonio among major Texas markets
Economic growth decelerated in Texas between 2022 and 2023, but San Antonio was state’s most resilient large market
According to recent data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in most major metropolitan areas in the United States between 2022 and 202...
Tide may be turning for San Antonio’s office market
Several key indicators have shifted positively over the past few months
Despite the omnipresent turmoil that has plagued the national office market for nearly five years, a few key indicators are now displaying signs of cautious optimism in some pocket...
Average weekly earnings soar in San Antonio
Worker pay increasing faster than in almost every other major US market
Average weekly earnings for private-sector workers grew faster in San Antonio than in all but one of the nation’s forty largest metropolitan areas between October 2023 and October ...
Apartments are getting larger in San Antonio
Average apartment size has increased nearly 10% since 2000
Larger bedroom arrangements are becoming more popular to build in the San Antonio multifamily market.
Job growth firmly propels San Antonio toward 2025
Resilient white-collar employment supports office demand
With cyclical industries showing few job losses and counter-cyclical sectors supporting the market to a notable extent, San Antonio’s labor market is in better shape than most as i...
Low retail availability inhibits leasing in Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville and McAllen both boast low vacancy and high population growth
Retail leasing volume appears much as it was five years ago in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, largely reflecting a lack of available space in Brownsville and McAllen.
Office leasing approaches 2019 levels in El Paso
Despite job growth in white-collar industries, tenant demand cools in Far West Texas
New leases in El Paso are amounting to roughly the same square footage as they were in 2019, at least on a quarterly basis.
San Antonio set for second straight year of negative apartment rent growth
CoStar Base Case Forecast calls for flat rents in 2025
San Antonio is experiencing growing pains, even as it enjoys one of the fastest rates of expansion of any multifamily market in the country.
Apartment availability levels off as Texas passes its multifamily construction peak
Past year featured largest multifamily construction pipeline in state history
The number of available multifamily units has largely held steady across the major markets of Texas, a notable change of pace as construction starts ebb across the Lone Star State.
Migration to Texas fueled by exodus from California last year
Lone Star State’s attractive housing market is still key to encouraging West Coast migration
Texas is one of the nation's leading states for population growth, fueled in part by continued in-migration from California. Americans departing the Golden State added 55,0000 resi...
Gone from Texas: Colorado benefits from people leaving the Lone Star State
Despite higher cost of living, Colorado gained 6,800 residents from Texas in 2023
Though Texas continues to be one of the primary destinations for Americans on the move, the state has been losing residents to Colorado in recent years. Last year marked a notable ...
Momentum shows no signs of slowing in San Antonio’s Pearl District
The Pearl has secured several recent victories of late
San Antonio’s popular Pearl District continues its expansion, developing in seemingly all directions as 2024 marches on.
Five major real estate projects from merger of San Antonio's two largest research institutions
Merger will produce the third-largest research university in the state
The merger of San Antonio’s two largest research institutions will have a significant impact on real estate in and around the rapidly expanding campuses of the University of Texas ...
Property management faces unique challenges in San Antonio
LYND’s Josue Garza says new supply has offered plentiful competition for stabilized properties
With multifamily vacancy rates reaching their highest level on record in San Antonio, property managers have their work cut out for them.
Investment activity levels off in San Antonio; but that could soon change
Market has been averaging less than $1 billion per quarter; recent rate cuts should soon change this dynamic
Investment activity has been hovering near $1 billion in San Antonio’s commercial real estate market over the past five quarters.
Central Texas leads the country in office groundbreakings outside of Florida
Demographic tailwinds help drive construction
Headwinds in the office market abound, with resetting structural demand leading to rising vacancy and availability. To no one’s surprise, developers have been more cautious about b...
Resurgent demand slows apartment vacancy expansion in San Antonio
Local apartment market has benefitted from occupancy improvement
Increases to San Antonio’s multifamily vacancy rate have been relatively small over the past few months. Resurgent occupancy has been able to stave off some of the effects of high ...
Rent growth oscillates in San Antonio's multifamily market
San Antonio shifting from tenant-friendly status to one that may soon favor landlords, leading to volatility
Landlords are attempting to jump-start San Antonio's feeble multifamily rent growth figures, with mixed results.
Retail ties multifamily for investors’ preferred property type in San Antonio
Population growth underpins the long-term outlook for both property types
As the multifamily investment ebbs, retail sales still flow in San Antonio.