Multifamily house starts in the U.S. 1980-2023, with forecasts until 2025

In the United States, it is expected that there will be approximately 142,000 multifamily housing starts less in 2024 than in 2023. However, it is forecasted that the number of construction starts for multifamily housing units will pick up slightly in 2025, after two years of falling starts. Multifamily vs single-family housing demandMultifamily housing includes various types of housing, such as apartment buildings, condominiums, duplexes, and townhouses. Housing starts fell during the 2007-2009 financial crisis for both single-family and multifamily housing. More single-family housing units are built in the U.S. annually. However, multifamily starts had returned to pre-recession levels by 2013, whereas single-family starts are still significantly below pre-recession levels. Are multifamily homes getting smaller?The median size of multifamily homes has slightly shrunk since 2007, which is a trend also visible in the size of newly built apartments since the recession. This trend towards smaller homes suggests that space is becoming increasingly limited, or that consumers prefer smaller homes due to smaller mortgages, lower maintenance costs and lower utility costs.

在美国，预计到2024年，多户住宅开工数量将比2023年减少约142,000套。然而，预测显示，在连续两年开工数量下降之后，2025年多户住宅单元的建设开工数量将略有回升。多户住宅与单户住宅的需求对比中，多户住宅涵盖了多种类型的住宅，例如公寓楼、联排别墅、双拼住宅和排屋。在2007-2009年的金融危机期间，单户和 多户住宅的开工数量均有所下降。在美国，每年建造的单户住宅单元数量更多。然而，到2013年，多户住宅的开工数量已恢复至危机前的水平，而单户住宅的开工数量仍显著低于危机前的水平。多户住宅的尺寸是否在缩小？自2007年以来，多户住宅的平均面积略有缩小，这一趋势在金融危机后新建公寓的尺寸上也有所体现。这种向小型住宅发展的趋势表明，空间正变得越来越有限，或者消费者由于较小的按揭贷款、较低的管理成本和较低的公用事业费用而偏好小型住宅。