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Buy versus rent dynamics favour apartment markets in the Midwest and New York State

The large cost gap between buying and renting today underpins our upbeat national apartment demand forecast. Applying the same logic at the city level, demand in Midwestern and New York State metros should outperform, where owner-occupier affordability is historically stretched relative to renting.

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