Market Intelligence: Q4 Texas Update
Stubborn supply pressure, normalizing migration, and slowing economic growth have worked in conjunction across most Texas markets through 2025, In turn, Texas lags many national performance benchmarks heading into the final few months of the year. Still, a deeper dive into local market trends highlights some areas of potential strength heading into the coming months. Texas apartment demand remains solid despite a nationwide tapering of job growth. Supply has moved well past peak levels as well, indicating that even a modest slowdown in demand could be offset by a substantial pullback in forecasted deliveries through 2026.
Join RealPage market experts as they recap 3rd quarter 2025 performance metrics across key Texas markets and share their perspective on what lies ahead for 2026.
Dustin Weaver is a Market Analyst with RealPage's Data Analytics division, where he focuses on conventional apartment market analysis, research and data methodology. Dustin leverages his background in partnering with institutional investors and REITs to enable easier consumption and application of multifamily data and analysis.
Carl Whitaker
Vice President & Chief Economist, RealPage, Inc.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.
