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Miami Multifamily Update

Published 12 months ago • 2 min read

We've sold +$200M worth of deals so far this year in South Florida.

What am I seeing on the ground?

Miami Multifamily & Land Sales volume is down 50-70%, depending who you ask.

Pricing from the peak in early-2022 is down roughly 20%.

Where will we start seeing land & multifamily opportunities over the coming months?

Answer:
1. Merchant Builders (for multifamily opportunities)
2. Would-be Developers (for land opportunities)

The only two types of groups that are real sellers today.

Why?

Merchant Builders | Newly built, recently stabilized multifamily assets today are trading at replacement cost; i.e. what it would cost to build those assets today. The merchant builders delivering those deals now are still willing to sell because their basis from 2020 still allows them to make some money on the sale in 2023.

These brand new multifamily deals selling at replacement cost are my favorite opportunities in South Florida right now.

We have 3 new multifamily opportunities like this coming up.
(Email Omar for more info.)

Would-be Developers | A lot of the groups that bought land recently and still haven't closed their construction loan are finding themselves in a pickle. The land has carry costs that are burning a hole in their pocket and they now realize that the construction loan that they projected to be at ~80% LTC may now be closer to ~65% LTC.

Now they either need to raise more equity, which is extremely hard today, or find "gap financing" at 12-15% that makes their deal even less feasible.

The result? Many land owners are looking to either sell their land or Co-GP (co-develop) their site with stronger sponsors who have the track record or equity to still build the deal in this environment.


CHART OF THE WEEK

2/3rds of primary mortgages have an interest rate below 4%.

Those homeowners are not willing to sell their homes, and give up the interest rates they've locked in.

With less homes for sale and mortgage rates so high, more and more people will continue to rent.

Bullish Multifamily & Single Family Rentals.


That's all for now!

Happy hunting,
Omar Morales

Miami Multifamily Memo

by Omar Morales

Realtime multifamily insights and opportunities from one of the most active Land & Multifamily brokers in South Florida (+$3.3 billion closed & counting ! )

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