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EP#108 Lonnie Hendry | How Will Rate Hikes Impact Rents and Multifamily Capital Markets?
The higher-for-longer narrative is now the higher-for-longer reality, as this week's guest, Trepp's Lonnie Hendry, puts it. How will recent rate hikes impact rents and the multifamily capital markets? Rental housing economist Jay Parsons lays out the possible scenario where the high rate environment leads to higher rent inflation, thereby becoming a thorn in the side for the Fed in its quest to tame inflation. That's because rate hikes have only cooled rental housing supply, but not demand, with 2026 so far ranking among the hottest years on record for apartment absorption. Rent…
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