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New report analyzes correlation between market rate and affordable unit availability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., August 28, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As housing costs increasingly burden U.S. households, a new Yardi\u00ae<\/sup> Matrix national report<\/a> provides insight into how the proportion of market rate and affordable properties affects housing options in major metros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Properties are considered competitive when rents for either market rate or \u201cfully affordable\u201d housing (where at least 90% of units have income restrictions tied to subsidies) do not exceed 30% of gross income among households with similar earnings. The Matrix report found that one-third of the top 30 U.S. metros are highly competitive, with at least 50% of conventional units competing with fully affordable housing. Another one-third of the metros were moderately competitive, while less than 25% of units in the remaining third were competitive.

\u201cCompetitiveness is important because it correlates to demand for affordable housing,\u201d the report says, at a time that an increasing number of renter households spend more than 30% of income on rents even as housing construction, financing and regulatory costs grow.

Metros where average advertised rents exceed $3,500, such as New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, have few market rate properties competing with affordable housing. Meanwhile, metros with average rents below $1,500, such as Las Vegas, Columbus, Ohio, and Houston, show moderate to high levels of competitiveness.

The report also finds that markets with high annual apartment deliveries, including Austin, Texas, and Dallas, exhibit greater competitiveness of market rates with fully affordable properties than cities such as New York, Los Angeles and San Diego that trail the national average in deliveries as a percentage of stock. And metros like Miami that have a larger percentage of apartment stock built over the past 10 to 20 years tend to have a higher proportion of luxury market rate apartments that are not competitive with affordable units.

Get in depth analysis of the interplay between market rate and affordable housing rents in the Yardi Matrix National Affordable Housing Report<\/a> for September 2025.

Yardi Matrix offers the industry\u2019s most comprehensive market intelligence tool for investment professionals, equity investors, lenders and property managers who underwrite and manage investments in commercial real estate. Yardi Matrix covers multifamily, single-family rentals\/ build to rent, affordable housing, student housing, self storage, office, industrial, retail and vacant land property types. Email matrix@yardi.com<\/a>, call (480) 663-1149<\/a> or visit yardimatrix.com<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Yardi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yardi\u00ae<\/sup> develops industry-leading software for all types and sizes of real estate companies across the world. With more than 10,000 employees, Yardi is working with our clients to drive significant innovation in the real estate industry. For more information on how Yardi is Energized for Tomorrow, visit\u00a0yardi.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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