{"id":10830,"date":"2026-03-31T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/?p=10830"},"modified":"2026-09-08T05:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:39:36","slug":"inland-empire-multifamily-market-report-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/inland-empire-multifamily-market-report-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inland Empire Multifamily Market Report \u2013 March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Read the latest Yardi Matrix <strong><a href=\"\/blog\/inland-empire-multifamily-market-report\/\">Inland Empire Multifamily Market Report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Rents Tick Down, Supply Holds Steady<\/h2>\n<p>The Inland Empire\u2019s multifamily market began 2026 with most fundamentals winding down, as economic uncertainty and a decade peak for deliveries pressured rents. Average advertised asking rents inched down 0.3%, on a trailing three-month basis through January, to $2,151, 10 basis points below the U.S. average and marking the second consecutive month of contractions, as per the <a href=\"\/blog\/national-multifamily-market-report\/\" rel=\"\"><strong>U.S. multifamily market report<\/strong><\/a>. Following 2025\u2019s record deliveries, the average occupancy across stabilized assets inched up only 10 basis points year-over-year through December, to 95.3%.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-MiQxK\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Inland Empire vs. National Rent Growth\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/MiQxK\/1\/\" height=\"334\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The area\u2019s employment growth clocked in at 0.7% year-over-year through September, 10 basis points below the U.S. figure. Meanwhile, unemployment was 5.1% as of December, above the 4.4% U.S. rate, but below California\u2019s 5.5%, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Inland Empire gained 14,900 net jobs over the 12-month period ending in September, with education and health services leading growth (15,600 positions). Five sectors lost a combined 13,200 jobs. One of the largest upcoming infrastructure projects is BNSF Railway\u2019s $1.5 billion integrated rail facility.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-IgtSx\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Inland Empire Employment Share by Sector\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/IgtSx\/1\/\" height=\"417\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last year was the market\u2019s best for deliveries in this decade, with 7,014 units added. Activity will likely slow down this year. Developers had 7,198 units under construction as of January, along with an additional 45,000 units in the planning and permitting stages.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full Yardi Matrix Inland Empire Multifamily Market Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/publications\/download\/file\/8525-MatrixMultifamilyInlandEmpireReport-March2026\"><strong>March 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rents Tick Down, Supply Holds Steady The Inland Empire\u2019s multifamily market began 2026 with most fundamentals winding down, as economic uncertainty and a decade peak for deliveries pressured rents. Average advertised asking rents inched down 0.3%, on a trailing three-month basis through January, to $2,151, 10 basis points below the U.S. average and marking the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":436,"featured_media":10177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5,4],"tags":[111,519],"class_list":["post-10830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-reports","category-multifamily-market","category-real-estate-trends","tag-inland-empire","tag-multifamily-outlook-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inland Empire Multifamily Market Report \u2013 March 2026 - Yardi Matrix Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last year marked a decade peak for deliveries in the Inland Empire, with some 7,000 units added\u2014more than the previous three years combined.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/inland-empire-multifamily-market-report-march-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inland Empire Multifamily Market Report \u2013 March 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last year marked a decade peak for deliveries in the Inland Empire, with some 7,000 units added\u2014more than the previous three years combined.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/inland-empire-multifamily-market-report-march-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Yardi Matrix Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T05:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-08T05:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/12\/Inland-Empire-iStock-2252788220-MHN.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adina Rogoz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tudor Scolca-Seu\u0219an\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Inland Empire Multifamily Market Report \u2013 March 2026 - 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