Looking Ahead to 2016

As we kick off 2016, the business of buying and selling self storage properties in the U.S. has never been more competitive or complex. We believe that the value of professional guidance from an Argus broker pays big dividends as buyers and sellers benefit from industry knowledge in today’s very fast-paced and dynamic market. Due to the robust performance of the self storage industry over the last several years, we are seeing more buyers than ever in the marketplace, and for the first time since the early 2000s, we are seeing meaningful development of new self storage projects around the country. In this light, what a great year 2015 was for the industry! In 2015 we saw occupancy rates and rental rates climb and cap rates for all self storage assets compress by 25-75 basis points, which lead to historically high values. 2016 shows no signs of slowing down. Even with whispers of interest rates increasing this year and the first wave of meaningful new development in place, we believe that strong fundamentals of supply and demand will see cap rates stay within 25 basis points of today’s market. Below I have outlined a few topics that we feel will be present this year.

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