AirDNA's Midyear Call: Better to Own Than to Buy
The midyear outlook puts 2026 occupancy at 57.4% with demand and supply both up 2.7% and RevPAR up 2.9%.
Seven months after calling it the best year to invest since 2021, the framing has flipped.
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AirDNA Says 2026 Is the Best Year to Invest Since 2021. Read the Fine Print.
The 2026 outlook forecasts supply growth of 4.6%, ADR up 1.5%, and occupancy down 1%.
That is a decent year for operators and a mediocre year for anyone counting on the market to do the work.
Nashville did not make AirDNA's top 10. We still took on homes here this month.
AirDNA's 2024 Best Places to Invest list had no Tennessee market in the top ten.
Here is the review we run on a specific Nashville home before we agree to manage it.
AirDNA calls 54.7% occupancy the new equilibrium. Plan your year around it.
AirDNA's 2024 outlook has US demand up 10.7% and supply up 10.9%, landing occupancy near 54.7%.
That is a market where the average home treads water and the well-run home does not.