On MidlandDirt.com: Luxury Apartment Construction Up 800 Percent in Midland-Odessa Since 2012

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Amenity-laden Le Mirage Apartments in Midland demands more than $1,100 for a one-bedroom unit. (Photo: Weidner Apartment Homes)

Amenity-laden Le Mirage Apartments in Midland demands more than $1,100 for a one-bedroom unit. (Photo: Weidner Apartment Homes)

New affordable housing is hard to find in Midland-Odessa, as a recent study from RentCafe shows that 100 percent of the new apartments completed in 2015 were high-end units. Nationally, 75 percent of all apartments that came on the market last year were priced at luxury levels.

Considering how much the new construction in the single-family market is lagging, the limited number of new affordable rentals could be eroding would-be homeowners’ future buying power.

Read the whole story behind the numbers on MidlandDirt.com.

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Joanna England is the Executive Editor at CandysDirt.com and covers the North Texas housing market.

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