How to Use multifamily in a Sentence

multifamily

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  • There are large multifamily dwellings here, too.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Those are all key for multifamily investors.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Chernock said his proposal is not out of place, just a small, well‑designed multifamily project in a mixed context.
    — Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Austin, Texas, is seeing the biggest hit to rents, thanks to still more construction of multifamily units.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
  • One of the first buildings to be delivered will be the 27-story multifamily tower.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Shields declined to specify a precise use yet for the Walser House, which is flanked by multifamily housing.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • That trend could leave Miami with an oversupply of multifamily housing, which could drive rents down further.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Next on Caplan’s deregulation list are bans on multifamily housing and strict height limits in cities.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • New single-family home construction is down, along with multifamily and home repair.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The fire was isolated to a three-story, multifamily building within the complex.
    — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • March 11 to a fire at a multifamily complex in the 2500 block of Burleson Road.
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The historic surge in multifamily construction over the past few years is now pulling back, but a good supply of new units is still coming online at a time of much weaker demand.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Single-family rents had been doing much better than apartment rents over the last few years, as an enormous amount of supply came on the multifamily market.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, many multifamily property owners saw units foreclosed on during the time period.
    — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That, along with near-record-high home prices, is keeping renters in place for longer and will likely push multifamily vacancy rates lower once all the new supply makes it through the pipeline.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
  • But the firm has always had a large multifamily wing, which has historically been Colorado-centric.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Its data is already showing hints of this in the multifamily and industrial sectors, where vacancies have peaked and rent growth is picking up.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The new owner plans to refresh the existing retail, lease up vacant space and add multifamily housing, according to a news release.
    — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The city only handles trash collection from single-family homes and multifamily complexes with four units or less.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • And as developers continue to build multifamily projects, rents may continue to drop.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • One person was taken to a hospital following a fire at a multifamily home in Hartford that left six people displaced.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
  • Single-family starts and permits are both down about 6–7% from last year, while multifamily construction has also slowed.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Loan distress is increasing in the multifamily sector.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The number of condominium and multifamily housing sales has also dropped while their median sales prices continue to rise.
    — Savana Dunning, The Providence Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The region’s multifamily market has softened amid a historic increase in supply at the same time that demand has softened because of declining job growth.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Rising premiums are not a side issue but a growing threat to the viability of multifamily housing.
    — Shimon Shkury, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • According to Valentine, the townhouses are on the market, and the multifamily units are expected to be available for lease this fall.
    — Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Radon testing is now required in multifamily housing projects that seek federal HUD loans.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Tang and Panday’s brick single-family home is wedged between two small multifamily buildings, sitting slightly back from the street on a quiet block.
    — Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Other multifamily landlords have spoken about the challenges of Detroit’s rental market.
    — Aaron Mondry, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2026

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