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    BEX StaffBy BEX StaffJune 30, 2020No Comments3 Mins Read
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    By Bendix Anderson for National Real Estate Investor 
    Heading into 2020, a robust development pipeline and rising costs of construction material and labor were major concerns for the multifamily sector. The economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 shutdowns has put a halt to that, scrambling the projections of economists, developers and contractors. 
    Developers aren’t exactly finding bargains at the moment, since there’s now also downward pressure on rents and potential returns. The net result is that even as more companies re-open for business most multifamily developers are still hesitating to start big projects or sign big deals to purchase materials. Those big deals that could help establish a new normal for construction prices are largely in a holding pattern, especially now with worrying signs of new spikes in COVID-19 case counts and rising hospitalization levels in many states. 
    “Generally pre-COVID pricing is still prevalent,” says Paula Cino, VP of construction, development and land use policy for the National Multifamily Housing Council. 
    On balance, a minority of developers (17 percent) say that prices are rising for materials they need to build apartments, according to an NMHC survey. Prices plunged at the onset of widespread COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and government-imposed measures to contain the spread.  Since then, prices have rebounded. The producer price index for inputs to new multifamily construction increased 0.6 percent in May 2020, compared to April (not seasonally adjusted), though the index was still down 1.8 percent compared to the year before, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data by the Associated General Contractors of America. 
    Despite those numbers, most experts expect materials costs to dip over the next year, as it gradually becomes clear how quickly many of the more than 45 million jobs lost in recent months come back and how many renters will be able to pay market rents at new apartment developments. 
    “Contractors will find less and less work in the next year as current projects finish up and owners face financial difficulties and reduced or uncertain demand,” says Kenneth D. Simonson, chief economist for AGC. “Overall project costs for developers are likely to be down, or at least to increase much less than appeared likely at the beginning of the year.” 
    In addition to domestic issues, disruptions to international supply chains are expected to put upward pressure on materials prices through the summer, says David Logan, director of tax and trade analysis at the National Association of Home Builders. 
    On the flip side, shortages in supply for some materials caused by the pandemic have caused some prices to rise.  
    Read more at National Real Estate Investor. 

    AGC Apartments Associated General Contractors of America Bureau of Labor Statistics Construction costs coronavirus COVID-19 Kenneth D. Simonson materials supply multifamily National Multifamily Housing Council NMHC pandemic Paula Cino supply shortage
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