A report from Origin Investments, a Chicago-based private real estate manager that builds, buys and lends to multifamily real estate projects, shows the pace of development and secular fundamentals paint a positive long-term outlook for multifamily investing.

“Pension and endowment funds are rebalancing investment allocations right now,” said David Scherer, co-CEOS. “Multifamily investments will do well and, as the level of dry powder and pent-up acquisition demand would indicate, it’s a great time to start scaling up.”

Scherer points to the secular nature of housing market fundamentals as the rationale for investors who are now in a position to recalibrate investment portfolios, just as investment fund managers have done historically as market dynamics shift.

Despite current challenges in the market, Scherer explained the future is bright, saying, “Looking forward, I believe multifamily fundamentals are incredibly strong. As an investor, instead of focusing only on today’s reality, you need to look at what next year will look like, and the next year and the next year.”