Housing and Demographics: The Next Big Shift

Demographics are very useful in predicting housing trends.

It was 11 years ago that we started discussing the turnaround for apartments. Then, in January 2011, I attended the NMHC Apartment Strategies Conference in Palm Springs, and the atmosphere was very positive.

On demographics, in 2010, a large cohort had been moving into the 20 to 29 year old age gr…