{"id":6732,"date":"2026-04-01T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:04:02","slug":"kansas-city-multifamily-market-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/kansas-city-multifamily-market-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Multifamily Market Report \u2013 March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Modest Job Growth, Investment Climbs<\/h2>\n<p>Kansas City kicked off 2026 posting balanced fundamentals, according to the latest Kansas City multifamily market report. The average advertised asking rate stood at 0.2%, on a trailing three-month basis, up to $1,355 through January. That was 40 basis points above the U.S. figure, as per the latest <a href=\"\/blog\/national-multifamily-market-report\/\" rel=\"\"><strong>U.S. <\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/blog\/national-multifamily-market-report\/\" rel=\"\">multifamily market report<\/a>.<\/strong> The metro outperformed year-over-year, up 2.5% and placing fourth among Yardi Matrix\u2019s top 30 markets. Overall occupancy in stabilized assets stood at 94.5% as of December, down just 10 basis points in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-6o0HV\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Kansas City vs. National Rent Growth\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/6o0HV\/1\/\" height=\"326\" 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>Job growth remained subdued, marking a 0.1% uptick as of September, well below the 0.8% national rate. The metro lost 3,600 jobs over 12 months, with significant swings in several sectors. Four sectors added jobs, led by education and health services (5,500 jobs), while six others were in the red, as professional and business services shed the most jobs (-6,300). Area unemployment stood at 3.5% as of December, 80 basis points below the U.S. figure, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Construction is now underway at Google\u2019s second data center campus in the Kansas City metro area. Dubbed Project Mica, the $10 billion, 500-acre development is taking shape at the intersection of Interstate 435 and U.S. Highway 169.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-wJ6x2\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"Kansas City Employment Share by Sector\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/wJ6x2\/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>Developers had 8,563 units under construction as of January in metro Kansas City, on the heels of 3,718 apartments delivered last year. Meanwhile, the metro saw a sizable spike in investment volume, recording $1.1 billion in sales last year.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full Yardi Matrix Kansas City Multifamily Market Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/publications\/download\/file\/8526-MatrixMultifamilyKansasCityReport-March2026\" rel=\"\"><strong>March 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modest Job Growth, Investment Climbs Kansas City kicked off 2026 posting balanced fundamentals, according to the latest Kansas City multifamily market report. The average advertised asking rate stood at 0.2%, on a trailing three-month basis, up to $1,355 through January. 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