{"id":144,"date":"2026-11-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2026-11-01T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T10:00:00","slug":"multifamily-prepares-for-a-rate-hike-carol-strom-real-estate-broker-founder-of-usafitpros-com-50-state-telehealth-and-labs-bolt-on-virtual-legitscript-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/01\/multifamily-prepares-for-a-rate-hike-carol-strom-real-estate-broker-founder-of-usafitpros-com-50-state-telehealth-and-labs-bolt-on-virtual-legitscript-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Multifamily Prepares for a Rate Hike | Carol Strom real estate broker. Founder of USAfitpros.com 50 state Telehealth and Labs bolt-on virtual LegitScript business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/carol-s\/multifamily-rate-hike-remotion-videos-c9bc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>By Late-Q3, expectations had shifted from rate cuts to a possible hike, as rising oil prices and persistent inflation reshaped US multifamily sentiment.<br \/>\nMost industry voices expected a quarter-point move, while stressing that the bigger issue was what any change signaled for the broader rate path.<br \/>\nExperts said a quarter-point hike likely had limited immediate effect on investment, but a longer high-rate backdrop could trim capital flows and intensify refinancing pressure.<br \/>\nAs maturities approached, sellers became more motivated, narrowing the bid-ask spread and adjusting pricing so multifamily assets could trade more readily recently.<br \/>\nInvestors were putting more weight on property fundamentals, while expecting more lender-driven and repriced opportunities to emerge over the next 12 to 24 mo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Late-Q3, expectations had shifted from rate cuts to a possible hike, as rising oil prices and persistent inflation reshaped US multifamily sentiment. Most industry voices expected a quarter-point move, while stressing that the bigger issue was what any change signaled for the broader rate path. Experts said a quarter-point hike likely had limited immediate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}