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VACANCY
Apartment
The average Vacancy Rate was 4.1% in the Birmingham metro
- Vacancy in the Birmingham metro drifted upward by 10 basis points.
- Vacancy is expected to finish 2024 at 4.2% in the Birmingham metro.
Distribution / Warehousing
The average Vacancy Rate was 10.3% in the Birmingham metro
- Vacancy in the Birmingham metro drifted upward by 10 basis points.
- The Birmingham metro was among the 20 highest vacancies nationally.
- Vacancy is expected to finish 2024 at 10.2% in the Birmingham metro.
Office
The average Vacancy Rate was 16.9% in the Birmingham metro
- Vacancy in the Birmingham metro drifted upward by 20 basis points.
- The Birmingham metro was among the 20 lowest vacancies nationally.
- Vacancy is expected to finish 2024 at 17.1% in the Birmingham metro.
Retail
The average Vacancy Rate was 15.2% in the Birmingham metro
- Vacancy in the Birmingham metro drifted upward by 20 basis points.
- The Birmingham metro was among the 10 highest vacancies nationally.
- Vacancy is expected to finish 2024 at 14.9% in the Birmingham metro.
RENT
Apartment
The average Asking Rent was $1,238 in the Birmingham metro
- Rent in the Birmingham metro was up 0.3% from Q2 2024.
- Rent is expected to finish 2024 at $1,240 in the Birmingham metro.
Distribution / Warehousing
The average Asking Rent was $5.30 in the Birmingham metro
- Rent in the Birmingham metro was up 0.4% from Q2 2024.
- Rent has risen in every quarter since Q1 2020 in the Birmingham metro.
- Rent is expected to finish 2024 at $5.34 in the Birmingham metro.
Office
The average Asking Rent was $21.35 in the Birmingham metro
- The Birmingham metro had the seventh fastest rent growth in the nation, and the second in the South Atlantic region, behind only Knoxville.
- Birmingham metro had its fastest rent rate of increase in six quarters.
- Rent is expected to finish 2024 at $21.39 in the Birmingham metro.
Retail
The average Asking Rent was $16.36 in the Birmingham metro
- Rent in the Birmingham metro was up 0.2% from Q2 2024.
- Rent is expected to finish 2024 at $16.43 in the Birmingham metro.