Apartment Research: Zelman Insights Across the Multifamily Sector
Zelman’s Apartment Research delivers a data-rich view of multifamily fundamentals, capital markets, and operator performance. Through proprietary surveys and in-depth analysis, our insights help investors, operators, developers, lenders, and asset managers understand market conditions, evaluate multifamily opportunities, and anticipate trends across the apartment sector.
Apartment Transactions Survey
Elevated Cap Rates Limiting Seller Motivations
Apartment REIT Comparable Financial Data
Public Company Information and Financial Ratios
Apartment Operators Survey
Winter Blues in Operating Fundamentals
Housing Policy Update
No New Programs Announced in Trump Davos Speech
Macro Housing Quick Take
Housing CPI Halts Deceleration in December
Macro Housing Quick Take
Delayed Starts Release Shows Sharp Decline in Activity
Macro Rental Market Forecasts
Slow Grind Continuing into 2026
A New Year's Resolution for Housing CPI
Weak Rent Growth Could Keep a Lid on Inflation
Apartment Transactions Survey
Buyers and Sellers Holding Back
Apartment Operators Survey
Blended Rent Growth on a Downward Slope
Comprehensive Apartment Research Insights
Zelman’s Apartment Research combines monthly operator and transaction intelligence with thematic and company-specific insights to provide a full picture of multifamily performance.
- Our Apartment Operators Survey captures real-time trends in rent growth, occupancy, renewals, turnover, expenses, and operating expectations across more than a million institutional-quality units.
- The Apartment Transactions Survey adds visibility into market sentiment, cap rates, construction pipelines, financing conditions, and investment activity.
- Our Macro Rental Market Forecasts provides our view into national trends in the multifamily environment, including forecasts for housing CPI, apartment construction activity, and operating environments.
- Thematic Reports explore long-term drivers, including demographics, affordability, supply constraints, local-market analysis, and capital-market dynamics.
- Company-Specific Reports deliver tailored modeling and operator-level analysis to support investment decisions.
Together, these research pillars form a unified understanding of multifamily fundamentals and future market direction.
How Zelman Multifamily Research Shapes Market Outcomes
Zelman’s Apartment Research equips stakeholders with the clarity and context needed to navigate a dynamic multifamily landscape. By merging operational performance data, transaction sentiment, structural trend analysis, and company-level insights, our research strengthens underwriting, strategic planning, and risk evaluation. The result is a forward-looking framework that identifies opportunities and challenges across the apartment sector with confidence.