Moving north from our last blog on the Hartford, CT, market, we also see that the Greater Springfield area continues to show improvement, largely driven by some traditional drivers of growth — plus a dynamic newcomer.
Hartford Market Showing Signs of Life
This is the first of a two-part series on the Hartford-Springfield market. Today, multifamily and other investment properties in the Hartford, CT, market are trading more actively for the first time since the end of the recession. Part of this uptick is attributable to the higher returns that investors are seeing in secondary and tertiary markets. In fact, capitalization rates for multifamily properties in Hartford are typically 250 to 300 basis points above those for similar properties in other Connecticut cities, and up to 500 basis points above Boston and New York multifamily. While the cash returns for Hartford investors are higher than most, there is also renewed economic activity that should result in greater demand and rent growth for Hartford multifamily and commercial assets.