Jay Parsons ✓

@jayparsons · Dallas, Texas · joined 08 Sep 2008

Rental housing economist, Dad x5 and suffering Cowboys fan ... Rental housing is essential, misunderstood and we need more of it.

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Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons18 Sep

It is hard to get capital for new apartment construction these days, even in supply-constrained areas. And even harder in cities like D.C. that play bait-and-switch games of "embrace development, then demonize the owner once construction completes." https://t.co/JJqV6Egr6b

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Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons18 Sep

Your monthly PSA: Never trust the Census for multifamily starts data. Garbage. Starts have been down for 2+ years, but Census will have you believe it's been bouncing around like a pinball. https://t.co/Tg651a45hh

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Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons17 Sep

We've seen it in headlines since 2023: Higher mortgage rates = higher rents! But it hasn't happened. Will it be different now that mortgage rates reach 7%? Rents could likely rebound in 2027, but mortgage rates would not be the primary driver. More thoughts in latest https://t.

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Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons17 Sep

As of June, a new homebuyer would (on average) spend $1k per month to own a house versus rent one, or $1.4k per month to own a house versus rent a BTR home. And that was before mortgage rates hit 7%. https://t.co/dT4Y5lwah0

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Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons9 Sep

@jayparsons Hey Jay, I listen to your podcast. This chart was shared in the most recent Walker Webcast episode. I was wondering if you could give your own color on how you see this chart impacting the multifamily (or other real estate classes) markets in the decades ahead. Wh

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Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons9 Sep

@jayparsons Just in time to contribute to CPI going back up. 117 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons9 Sep

@jayparsons I can definitely attest, as I own property in Oakland, that the market feels fundamentally different (and better) than it did 1 to 2 years back. Still a lot of issues with local politics, but renting units has become wildly easy. 95 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons9 Sep

Apartment rents appear to have bottomed this past winter, and most MSAs now show improved momentum. In the chart below, any market to the right of the vertical red line has seen improved rent change since March. If it's the bottom right, rents are still falling, but less than ht

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Jay Parsons ✓@jayparsons13 Aug 2024

*UPDATED* (and still true) When you build "luxury" new apartments in big numbers, the influx of supply puts downward pressure on rents at all price points -- even in the lowest-priced Class C rentals. Here's evidence of that happening right now: There are 21 U.S. markets where

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8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views2 600this account914median for 10K–100K

Reach, %8.42%this account3.38%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.08%this account1.53%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 600	914	2.84×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.42%	3.38%	2.49×
Engagement rate	1.08%	1.53%	0.71×

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0.67%9 Sep

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.53%.

What the audience does

Likes59.0%3 228 in total

Reposts13.0%710 in total

Replies2.8%153 in total

Quotes5.0%272 in total

Bookmarks20.3%1 109 in total

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