Single Family Home Rentals Impacting Home Inventories

The University of St. Thomas Shenehon Center recently issued its February Residential Index report that addressed some of the rental activity in our local market.

“There is another major trend that has been developing since the beginning of the recession in 2008. On a national and local basis we have seen the formation of companies and funds such as Blackstone’s Invitation Partners and American Homes 4 Rent that are buying large numbers of single family homes for investment purposes…This is a trend that is not only occurring in the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, it is happening all across the Twin Cities metro area. The total number of single family homes being rented in suburban neighborhoods has increased from 12,000 in 2000 to over 28,000 in recent years according to data compiled by the Metropolitan Council. Of the 93 cities that were tracked all but 32 saw their single family rentals grow by at least 100% between 2000 and 2013.”

It is not surprising that the one to four family rental market has seen demand with lower interest rates and steadily increasing rents over the past several years. As a recent review of the market by the Star Tribune indicated, as of the end of the 4^th quarter 2016, the rental market remained strong and stable with below 5% vacancy rates throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area.

Source: Apartment Trends, a publication of Marquette Advisors

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