Multifamily property values continue to rise in August

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A pair of recent reports, one from  CoStar and another from  Real Capital Analytics  (RCA), show that multifamily property continues to see price increases despite the pandemic.

Defining the indices

The CoStar report focuses on a relative measure of property values called the CoStar Commercial Repeat Sales Index (CCRSI). Real Capital Analytics calls their equivalent measure the Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI). Both indices are computed based on the resale of properties whose earlier sales prices and sales dates are known. The indices represent the relative change in the price of property over time rather than its absolute worth.

Comparing multifamily to the rest

The first chart combines data from both reports to show how multifamily property values have changed over time relative to the values of other commercial property types. The data are normalized so that the index values for all property types are set to be 100 in December 2000. The change in the value of the index since then shows how the relative value of that property type has changed since.

multifamily property prices

Source: CoStar and Real Capital Analytics

The chart shows that the value of commercial property, excluding multifamily, has failed to grow recently. This is due to relative strength in industrial and, to a lesser extent, office properties being offset by weakness in retail and hospitality properties. It also shows that prices continue to rise for multifamily property, although the rate of increase may be down slightly from its recent level.

Being specific

Both the value-weighted CoStar index and the RCA index for multifamily property values have performed relatively well despite the pandemic. RCA reports that apartment property prices are up 1.2 percent over the last 3 months and up 7.4 percent for the last 12 months. CoStar reports that its value-weighted index is up 1.4 percent in the last 3 months and up 7.0 percent over the last 12 months. This compares to a 2.3 percent fall in the CoStar CCRSI for commercial property types, excluding multifamily, from its year-ago level.

CoStar also reported that transaction volume has dropped significantly this year. The transaction volume in the last 3 months is down by 39 percent from that in the same three months of last year. It is also noteworthy that “distressed” transaction volume has not risen. Distressed transactions represented about 1.2 percent of total transactions over the past 3 months, the same percentage as they were in the year-earlier period.

 

Source: YieldPro ByMichael Rudy -September 28, 2020


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Victorian Apartments

800-834 Victoria Dr. Montgomery, IL 60538

Listing Price: $14,500,000

[table] Cap Rate, 6.38%
Number of Units, 152
GRM, 8.30
Occupancy, 96%
Price/Unit, $95395
Price/Gross SF, $135.14
Gross SF, 107200
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Investment Highlights

  • 152 Unit Suburban Multifamily Property
  • 32 Studios, 72 One-Bedrooms & 48 Two-Bedrooms
  • Clubhouse with Office, Laundry Facilities, Fitness Area, Outdoor Pool, and Courtyard
  • Located in Montgomery Illinois | 40 Miles Southwest of Downtown Chicago
  • Many Upgraded Kitchens and Baths
  • Tenant Paid Electric Baseboard Heat
  • Value-add component, upside in rents

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Investment Overview

Marcus & Millichap is proud to present to market Victorian Apartments, a 152-unit apartment community located in west suburban Montgomery, Illinois bordering Kendall County to the South, the fastest growing county in Illinois, and the City of Aurora, IL to the East, the second-largest city in Illinois. The subject property is approximately 40 miles southwest of downtown Chicago.

Victorian Apartments consists of 16 two and three-story apartment buildings and clubhouse spread out over almost 10 acres; offering 32 large studios, 72 one-bedrooms, and 48 two-bedroom apartment homes.​​​ Community amenities include a clubhouse, an on-site management office, laundry facilities, a fitness area, an outdoor pool, a central courtyard area with a playground, and ample off-street parking.​​​

Each unit has separately metered, tenant paid, low maintenance, electric baseboard heating, and ac sleeve units.​​​ Approximately 60 percent of units have recently updated kitchens & baths as well as other capital improvement made including new windows, parking lot repairs, replacement of all deck footings & supports and updated intercom system with integrated Alexa. 

There is investor upside in this multifamily offering through the continued renewal and releasing of under-market rents. Further upside may also be realized in future years from job growth and economic development in the area through the redevelopment of the recently sold 350-acre former Caterpillar manufacturing complex minutes from the property.