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If you’ve been watching the Charlotte multifamily market for the past 24 months, you’ve probably felt a little whiplash. We delivered a historic wave of new supply, somewhere north of 32,500 units across 2024 and 2025 combined, and a lot of the headlines focused on the same thing: concessions, occupancy pressure…
After several years of unprecedented industrial expansion, the Charlotte market is entering a more disciplined phase of growth, and that may ultimately prove healthier for the region long term. While headlines continue to focus on elevated vacancy rates, the underlying fundamentals of the market remain sound,…
Dynamics diverge as southern areas gain relief while the northern corridor faces ongoing supply pressure.
Raleigh-Durham 2026 completions and absorption ease roughly 15% annually toward prior 10-year averages after more than 25,000 units delivered in 2023-2024 expanded inventory about 15%.
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Rents Recover Slightly, Occupancy Slides The Raleigh–Durham multifamily market showed signs of soften ing fundamentals going into the second quarter of 2026. The average advertised asking rent in Raleigh–Durham was up a modest 0.1%, on a trailing three-month basis as of April, to $1,539. Meanwhile, the occupancy…
This is a quarterly data report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office sector figures for the Raleigh-Durham market in North Carolina.
This is a first-quarter 2026 office market data report for Charlotte, North Carolina published by CBRE.
This is a 2026 market outlook report published by CBRE covering the U.S. real estate market with a focus on Charlotte, North Carolina, addressing capital markets dynamics.
This is a first-quarter 2026 industrial sector market report published by CBRE covering the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina with national context. The report presents data and figures for the industrial real estate market as of March 31, 2026.
This is a retail market report published by Colliers in March 2026 covering the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina.
This is a market report published by Northmarq in March 2026 covering multifamily construction activity in the Raleigh-Durham area, noting that construction activity has fallen to a five-year low as of the first quarter of 2026.
Charlotte's Q1 2026 multifamily market experienced $2.3 billion in transaction volume, a 5.0% average cap rate, and 6.2% vacancy, with asking rents declining 3.2% year-over-year to $1,516 per month amid approximately 18,000 units under construction. The market is navigating peak supply pressure while maintaining strong demand fundamentals supported by 2.8 million metro residents and 1.39% year-over-year job growth, with Matthews projecting rent growth to turn positive in 2027 at an expected +1.8% annual change.
This is a quarterly industrial market report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting figures and data for the Charlotte market in Q1 2026.
This is a market report published by Colliers in March 2026 covering the office sector in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, with national scope. The report provides market analysis for the first quarter of 2026.
The document is a navigation and index page for Cushman & Wakefield's Raleigh MarketBeats reports covering Q1 2026 across office, industrial, life sciences, and multifamily property sectors. It provides summary statistics including office vacancy at 22.3% (up 10 basis points quarter-over-quarter), industrial vacancy at 9.0% (up 90 basis points), life sciences vacancy at 27.6% (down 120 basis points), and notes that the Raleigh-Durham multifamily market has delivered over 33,000 units since 2023.
The Charlotte office market recorded 858,500 square feet of new leasing in Q1 2026, with vacancy declining 20 basis points quarter-over-quarter to 24.2% and asking rents increasing 1.4% to $34.81 per square foot, driven by strong demand from financial services tenants including JP Morgan and Charles Schwab, and the metro ranking first nationally in job growth with 39,200 positions added year-over-year. The market is expected to see continued elevated leasing activity, declining vacancy as new supply remains limited with only Queensbridge Collective under construction, and further rent increases particularly in Class A properties due to supply constraints and tenant preference for newer, higher-quality assets.
Charlotte's industrial market recorded a 7.7% vacancy rate and $8.65 per square foot asking rent in Q1 2026, with year-to-date net absorption of 2.7 million square feet driven by strong logistics demand and job growth that ranked first nationally among 104 tracked U.S. metros at 39,200 positions added. The active development pipeline totaled 7.2 million square feet with 1.3 million square feet of speculative completions delivered in the quarter, and over 4.5 million square feet of additional speculative construction expected to deliver in 2026 as the market moves toward equilibrium.
Charlotte's sub-125K SF industrial segment reported a 5.8% vacancy rate and 4.6% year-over-year rent growth reaching $10.63/SF in Q1 2026, with approximately 2.1 million SF under construction and negative absorption of 275K SF reflecting modest demand softening. The segment showed relative resilience compared to the broader market, with institutional investment activity rebounding and sales pricing reaching $119/SF, supported by limited new supply in smaller-format spaces.
This is a fourth-quarter 2025 office market report for the Raleigh-Durham area published by Colliers, covering commercial real estate activity in that North Carolina region.
This is a market report published by Northmarq on December 31, 2025, covering multifamily real estate transaction activity in the Raleigh-Durham area during the fourth quarter of 2025, with a focus on a rebound in activity during that period.
This is an industrial sector data report published by CBRE on December 31, 2025, presenting fourth-quarter 2025 figures for the Raleigh-Durham market in North Carolina.
This is a fourth-quarter 2025 market report published by Colliers covering the industrial sector in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. The report provides market analysis for the industrial real estate segment in this geographic region.
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The Raleigh-Durham industrial market in Q4 2025 recorded average asking rents of $10.17 per square foot, up 0.9% year-over-year, with rent growth sustained despite rising vacancy supported by newer inventory and higher replacement costs. Vacancy increased to 6.4% in Q4 2025 from 6.1% one year prior, while year-to-date 2025 net absorption totaled 1.7 million square feet, up from 1.1 million square feet in 2024, as inventory growth continued to outpace demand.
This is a retail market report for the Raleigh-Durham area published by Colliers at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025. The report covers retail sector conditions in this North Carolina market.
The Charlotte metro multifamily market recorded 3,547 units of net absorption in Q3 2025, marking the 11th consecutive quarter of positive absorption, with stabilized occupancy at 91.9% despite effective rents declining 1.4% to $1,595 per unit. The region's economy expanded with 8.2% population growth over five years and 2.2% year-over-year nonfarm employment growth, while 20,042 units remained under construction with the South End and LoSo submarkets combining for 34.5% of quarterly absorption.