CoStar Market Insights: Pricing Growth Slows, but Investors Still Showing Appetite for D.C. Multifamily Assets

While investment volume has slowed from the banner year set in 2015, multifamily investors are still pouring money into Washington, D.C. at a pace far above the cyclical average.

Multifamily investment volume in the first quarter of 2018 was $1.27 billion, about 25 percent higher than the average first quarter since 2010. Volume was driven primarily by high-quality institutional product, with 4 and 5 Star properties accounting for $792 million…