Growing signs affordability will constrain rental demand

We expect stretched affordability and rising unemployment to lead to an increase in rental arrears and evictions in the coming quarters, causing rental household formation to turn negative and apartment demand to soften.

In view of the wider interest we are also sending this US Commercial Property Update to clients of our US Housing Market Service. 

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