Apartment sales volume fell 25% YOY in January | Construction Dive
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Prices fell 0.1% year over year, though they have been rising steadily over the past four months, according to an MSCI report.
An article from Dive Brief Apartment sales volume fell 25% YOY in January Prices fell 0.1% year over year, though they have been rising steadily over the past four months, according to an MSCI report. Published March 2, 2026 Leslie Shaver Senior Reporter Share Copy link Email LinkedIn X/Twitter Facebook Print License Add us on Google Getty Images First published on Dive Brief: Apartment sales volume fell 25% year over year to $8 billion in 2025, declining across every subtype, according to a report that data firm MSCI Real Assets shared with Multifamily Dive. The Real Capital Analytics commercial property price indexes for multifamily dropped 0.1% YOY, according to MSCI. In January, mid- and high-rise trades fell 39% YOY to $2.7 billion. That was more than double the decline seen in garden property transactions, which dropped 15% YOY to $5.3 billion. Apartment entity-level deals plummeted a 64% YOY to $0.6 billion, while individual asset sales decreased 18% to $7.4 billion, according to MSCI. Dive Insight: Coming into the year, multifamily professionals were optimistic that transaction volume would increase following a disappointing couple of years. “At some point, the market is going to shake loose,” Matt Ruesch, co-founder of Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Broad Creek Capital, told Multifamily Dive last year. “I think a lot of people were expecting that to happen in 2025, but there’s been a lot of volatility in the market too.” Prices have risen steadily over ...
