Market Intelligence: Florida Q3 Update
Shifting migration patterns, moderating job growth, and one of the nation’s most active supply pipelines have placed notable pressure on apartment market performance across Florida. While construction activity has cooled to more manageable levels, many markets continue to face elevated uncertainty on the demand side.
What does mid-year performance look like across the Sunshine State? Is demand—and overall market momentum—stabilizing or continuing to soften? And how does the second half of 2026 set the stage for the 2027 outlook?
This webcast will provide a comprehensive assessment of supply, demand, and performance trends across Florida’s major apartment markets, with the following markets featured:
- Cape Coral–Fort Myers
- Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach–Sunrise
- Jacksonville
- Miami–Miami Beach–Kendall
- North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota / Punta Gorda
- Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford
- Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater
- West Palm Beach–Boca Raton–Delray Beach
Carl Whitaker is RealPage’s Chief Economist, leading the company's team of economists and market analysts. Carl and the Market Intelligence team specialize in analyzing and disseminating economic and market trends for the rental housing industry. He primarily focuses on presenting trends in the rental housing industry to a wide audience, including investors, asset managers, operations professionals and media, among other personas. Carl has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and GlobeSt and is a frequent keynote speaker for industry events. Carl holds degrees from the University of North Texas, including a Master of Science in Applied Geography.
Arben Skivjani
Deputy Chief Economist and Director of Forecasting, RealPage, Inc.Arben Skivjani serves as a Deputy Chief Economist and Data Scientist for RealPage, Inc. His primary focus is on forecasting and econometric modeling, economic impact studies, reporting and analysis of macroeconomic trends that affect the multifamily industry. Prior to joining RealPage, Arben worked for several government and private sector entities, including the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, Center for Business and Economic Development at the University of Alabama and Camoin Associates in Upstate New York.
Arben is heavily involved in the Dallas/Fort Worth Association for Business Economics where he currently serves as Vice President and is a member the National Association for Business Economics.
Arben holds a master’s degree in economics from The University of Alabama.
